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Welcome to East Palermo ...

East Palermo is located in Oswego County<1>.


The location of East Palermo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of East Palermo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

A typical abbreviation for East Palermo: E. Palermo

East Palermo is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for East Palermo: (315)

Communities Also Named East Palermo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Palermo - it's located in Maine.

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

Communities near East Palermo ...

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

  • Oswego
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Baldwinsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinsville
    • Baldwinsville is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwinsville <4>
  • North Syracuse
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
    • North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
  • Liverpool
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pulaski
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Central Square
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Square
    • Central Square is located in Oswego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,735 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central Square <4>
  • Mexico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Oswego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <4>

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 East Palermo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East Palermo.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of East 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 East Palermo.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Palermo ...

Looking for more information about East Palermo? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Palermo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Palermo.

Adding East Palermo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 for East Palermo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Palermo post office opened in 1862.

We also found East Palermo in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Palermo.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Palermo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Oswego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Palermo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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