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Welcome to La Paloma ...

La Paloma is located on the Gulf Coast.

La Paloma is located in Cameron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Paloma, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

La Paloma is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: La Paloma lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for La Paloma: 956

Communities Also Named La Paloma ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named La Paloma - they are located in California and Florida.

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

Communities near La Paloma ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Paloma ...

Looking for more information about La Paloma? 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 La Paloma, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for La Paloma.

Adding La Paloma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of La Paloma 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 (so far) for La Paloma was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the La Paloma post office opened in 1912. The La Paloma post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Paloma.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cameron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Paloma - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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