Hosensack Creek flows from the northeast into the Perkiomen Creek (which flows through Palm) and forms the natural southern boundary of the village. The area south of the Hosensack Creek is served by the East Greenville post office with the ZIP Code of 18041.
Palm is the site of one of the five remaining Schwenkfelder Churches in the United States,[4] and it is the birthplace of science fiction writer, publisher, and minister Lloyd Arthur Eshbach.