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PALIKOWKA - a village in Rzeszow county, lies over the old river-bed of the Wislok River, on the North  from  railway road  /of archduke  Karol Ludwik/ in Strazow,  it lies  in distance of 12 kilometers  to North-East from Rzeszow; with  Roman-Catholic parish in Laka. This small settlement is settled down on the  fertile  plain, on the right bank of the Wislok River. There are 157 houses and 802 inhabitants (377 men, 425 women); 790 Roman-Catholics, and 12 Jewish. The major land with Gawin manor  - lies on the East border of  village and includes  6 houses  with 84 inhabitants; 69 Roman-Catholics, and 15 Jewish. There is a small forest on the North /11 morgi/ with forester’s lodge. The major land  - Lord Potocki`s property - includes  213 morgi of  farm land, 61 morgi of meadows, 8  morgi of pasture and 11 of  forest;  minor land covers  663 morgi of  farm land,  97 morgi of  meadows, 97 morgi of pasture. There is a  communal loan-society  with capital stock  of 996 zlotys. Palikowka borders with Laka on the West, with Lukowiec on the North , with  Strazow  and  Krzemienica on the  South,  and  with Wola Blizsza and Mala on the  East.

From the Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów slowianskich (Geographic Dictionary of the Former Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Lands) published between 1880 and 1902. 

Translated by Iwona Dakiniewicz.

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