Palms Michigan Map

About Palms, Michigan

Palms is a locality in Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Palms is located at 43.6136°N, 82.7683°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Detroit) timezone. ZIP code: 48465.

Palms, Michigan, unfolds across a terrain that is neither dramatic nor flat, but rather a gentle, rolling landscape where fields of corn and soybeans surrender to stands of oak and maple. It lies 47.7 miles north-north-west of Port Huron, MI (from Port Huron, MI: bearing 339°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-north-west of Deckerville. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, yielding generously to the plow, and the air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, sweet scent of turned soil and distant pine. The sky, vast and often brushed with bruised purples and bruised oranges at dusk, seems to stretch endlessly over this quiet corner of the Thumb. It is a place where the wind whispers through the tall grasses bordering country roads and where the occasional, solitary farmhouse stands as a sentinel against the horizon. The history of Palms is deeply entwined with agriculture, a legacy evident in the enduring farms that dot the countryside, their silos like weathered sentinels against the seasons. This land, long cultivated, was once a more wild frontier, a place where early settlers carved their livelihoods from the dense forests. The local economy, though modest, remains rooted in the bounty of the soil and the quiet hum of small businesses catering to the needs of the farming community. There is a palpable sense of continuity here, a rhythm of life dictated by the planting and harvesting seasons, a steady, unpretentious pulse that defines the character of Palms.

About This Palms Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palms, Michigan — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 43.613629, -82.768268. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Palms and Sanilac County.

Detailed location data for Palms includes the ZIP code (48465), telephone area code (248), county seat of Sanilac County (Sandusky), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Palms is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.