La Palma is a city located in northern Orange County, California. Incorporated on October 26, 1955, the population was 15,408 at the 2000 census. It was originally incorporated as Dairyland, and was one of three dairy cities in the region but when the dairies moved east in 1965, its name was changed to La Palma, after the region's Spanish heritage and its main thoroughfare, La Palma Avenue. La Palma was listed in 2007 as the 16th best place to live among small cities in the United States by Money Magazine. The telephone area code for La Palma is primarily 714 with a small portion of the... city in the area code 562 . The postal ZIP code is 90623. La Palma is located at 33°50′58″N 118°2′38″W / 33.84944°N 118.04389°W / 33.84944; -118.04389 . It is bordered by Cerritos on the north and west, Cypress on the south and west, and Buena Park on the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.82 square miles . 1.8 square miles of it is land and 0.02 square miles of it is water.
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| County: | Orange County |
| State: | California |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 15,719 |
| Area: | 1.9 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Pacific Time Zone |
| Also known as: | La Palma, California, Orange County / La Palma city |