Palma
Palma is a designated community area to the Southeast of Greenfield, California. It is located to the Southeast of Downtown Greenfield.
History
In 1917, settlers instituted the City of Palma after neighboring Rockwell settlers built a giant oil refinery. Shops and houses were built, but nothing significant. That was until the highway I-5 was built. It used to bypass the town, but in 1956 an intersection was built to make an entrance to the small town. This exit made a lot of interstate travelers stop in Palma for refreshments. The town started expanding fast. A new development was built on the eastern side of Palma with a middle school, multiple strip malls, and a bunch of duplexes and apartments. Palma was one of the most affordable places to live at the time since an oil refinery took up most of the town. The western side was built in 1958 with more duplexes, a motel, and many single-family homes. In 1965 the oil refinery was abandoned after the owners failed to follow safety regulations. The abandoned refinery attracted a lot of criminals, so the City of Greenfield planned a new police and fire station for Palma. In 2016, the City took down the oil refinery, and recent development, including Palma Altos Retirement Communities, filled the new places built on the Sonora River.
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