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Welcome to Palisades ...

Palisades is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Palisades, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

Palisades is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Palisades lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Palisades: 509

The ZIP code for Palisades: 98845<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, New York, Tennessee and Texas.

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Palisades, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 1908.

We also found Palisades on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Washington (1949).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palisades.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Douglas, 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>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Palisades). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Palisades or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/