Welcome to Palestine ...So far, we found very little information about Palestine. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Palestine to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Palestine, please Contact Us. Palestine would have been located within present day Lewis County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Palestine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. While the community is gone, the present day location for Palestine is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Palestine was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Palestine was located: 931 Communities Also Named Palestine ...While we believe that this Palestine is located in Lewis County, we know of another 4 Tennessee communities named Palestine. Those communities are located in the following counties: Chester, Henderson, Henry and Robertson County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 34 communities that are also named Palestine - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi (4), Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Texas (3) and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palestine. Communities near Palestine ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Palestine.
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 Palestine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Palestine. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Palestine. 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 Palestine. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Palestine. See our Newspapers Page for Palestine. Adding Palestine to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Palestine 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 Palestine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Palestine. Footnotes ...
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