Welcome to Palmyra ...So far, we found very little information about Palmyra. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Palmyra to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Palmyra, please Contact Us. Palmyra would have been located within present day Lyon County<2>. Palmyra was founded in 1863. While the community is gone, the present day location for Palmyra is 7,120 feet [2,170 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Palmyra is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Palmyra was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Palmyra was located: 775 Communities Also Named Palmyra ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Palmyra - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palmyra. Communities near Palmyra ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palmyra.
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 Palmyra. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palmyra. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palmyra. 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 Palmyra. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palmyra. See our Newspapers Page for Palmyra. Adding Palmyra to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Palmyra in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Palmyra was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Palmyra. Footnotes ...
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