Welcome to Palermo ...

Palermo is located in Cape May County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palermo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Palermo is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Palermo lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Palermo: 609 & 640<3>

Communities Also Named Palermo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Palermo - they are located in California, Florida (2), Illinois, Kansas, Maine, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palermo.

Websites for Palermo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.capemaycountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Palermo, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Palermo ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palermo.

• Atlantic City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Atlantic City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,569 people
• Pleasantville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
• Ocean City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ocean City is located in Cape May County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,902 people
• Somers Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
• Ventnor City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ventnor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventnor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,872 people
• Absecon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Absecon is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absecon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
• Northfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Northfield is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
• Linwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Linwood is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
• Margate City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Margate City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
• Wildwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wildwood is located in Cape May County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,916 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Palermo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palermo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palermo. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Palermo.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palermo. See our Newspapers Page for Palermo.

Adding Palermo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palermo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Palermo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Palermo post office opened in 1872. The Palermo post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palermo.