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Welcome to Palm Lake ...

Palm Lake is located in Adams County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Palm Lake: Palm Lk.

Palm Lake is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Palm Lake: 509

Communities Also Named Palm Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Palm Lake - it's located in Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Palm Lake.

Communities near Palm Lake ...

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

  • Ritzville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sprague
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lamont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Tyler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
  • Mohler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
    • Mohler is located in Lincoln County
  • Edwall
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Bluestem
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
    • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
  • Harrington
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Juno
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juno. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
    • Juno is located in Whitman County
  • Saint John
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Palm Lake ...

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

Adding Palm Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Palm Lake 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 Palm Lake was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Palm Lake mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Palm Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Adams, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Palm Lake - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.