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Welcome to Palava ...

Palava is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Palava is located in Fisher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palava, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Palava is 2,150 feet [655 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Palava is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Palava: 325

Communities near Palava ...

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

  • Sweetwater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Roscoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Roby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Trent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Capitola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Capitola is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
  • Avenger Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
  • Sylvester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Claytonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Claytonville is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claytonville
  • McCaulley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McCaulley is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaulley
  • Royston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Royston is located in Fisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palava ...

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

Adding Palava to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palava 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 Palava was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Palava post office opened in 1900. The Palava post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palava.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Fisher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palava - 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/