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Welcome to Palisades ...

Palisades is located in Rockland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palisades, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Palisades is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Palisades: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Palisades ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Palisades - they are located in Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Palisades ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palisades ...

Looking for more information about Palisades? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Palisades, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Palisades.

Adding Palisades to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palisades 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 Palisades was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Palisades post office opened in 1855.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palisades.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Rockland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palisades - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Palisades area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Palisades area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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