Welcome to Palo Alto ...

So far, we found very little information about Palo Alto. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Palo Alto to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Palo Alto - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Palo Alto, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Palo Alto , we believe that it would have been located within present day Seneca County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palo Alto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

When the people of Palo Alto referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Palo Altan<3>

Time Zone: The area where Palo Alto was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Palo Alto was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities Also Named Palo Alto ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Palo Alto - they are located in California, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and Virginia.

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

Adding Palo Alto to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Palo Alto post office opened in 1856.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palo Alto.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Palo Alto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Seneca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Palo Alto refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Palo Alto may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Palo Alto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Palo Alto area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/