 palermo is a town in oswego county in the u.s. state of new york. the population was 3,664 at the 2010 census. the town is named after palermo in sicily. the town of palermo is centrally located in the county, east of fulton, new york. ==history== the first permanent settler had arrived around 1803. the town of palermo was created in 1832 from the town of volney. ==geography== according to the united states census bureau, the town has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  of it (0.37%) is water. ==demographics== as of the census of 2000, there were 3,686 people, 1,306 households, and 1,000 families residing in the town. the population density was 90.8 people per square mile (35.1/kmÂ²). there were 1,366 housing units at an average density of 33.6 per square mile (13.0/kmÂ²). the racial makeup of the town was 97.86% white, 
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