Palmyra
Palmyra is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois, United States. Palmyra has about 731 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 731 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Palmyra, IL” and “Palmyra, Lee County, Illinois”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nelson and Woosung.
Nelson
Village
Nelson is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 170 at the 2010 census, up from 163 in 2000. Nelson is situated 4 miles south of Palmyra.
Woosung
Village
Photo: Wayne Wilkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Woosung is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, U.S, and is located in the far southwestern part of the county, northwest of Dixon. Woosung was named by a railroad official who had once visited Woosung, China during his former career as a sea captain. Woosung is situated 4 miles northeast of Palmyra.
Dixon
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dixon is called "The Petunia City" but is probably best known as the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan.
Palmyra
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Palmyra Township, Lee, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.8517° or 41° 51′ 6″ northLongitude
-89.57789° or 89° 34′ 40″ westPopulation
731Elevation
810 feet (247 metres)Open location code
86HGVC2C+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 153786510OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4905245Wikidata ID
Q18386283
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Palmyra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Palmyra”
- Chinese: “帕邁拉 (伊利諾伊州李縣)”
- Chinese: “帕邁拉”
- French: “Palmyra”
- Persian: “پالمیرا، لی، شهرستان ایلینوی”
- Persian: “پالمیرا”
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