Paloma, IL

Paloma, Illinois is an unincorporated community in Honey Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 114 residents. Its main auxiliary route is U.S. Route 24 and is within two miles of Coatsburg, another rural community. During the early 1900s the village was famous for its pickle production and was often nicknamed "Pickleville" because of the vast pickle farms. The through line in Paloma is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Paloma makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Paloma is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community was once known as Pickleville. Local producers shipped pickles to Quincy off a rail platform about a mile west of the present Paloma.