[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 62359 includes and surrounds the community.

[2] For the 62359 ZCTA in the 2000 census, which includes Paloma, there were 192 people, 76 households, and 63 families residing in the area.

Local producers shipped pickles to Quincy off a rail platform about a mile west of the present Paloma.

Euterpe Hall, named for a Greek muse, was the site of plays and shows in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, eventually moving to nearby Fowler and then closing.

Today even though pickles are no longer grown, the Elevator remains a county landmark.