Welcome to Portal ...
Portal is located in Cochise County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Portal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
Portal is 4,760 feet [1,451 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Portal is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Portal lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Portal and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.
Portal lies within the (520) area code.
Communities Also Named Portal ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Portal - they are located in Georgia, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portal.
Communities near Portal ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Portal.
- Paradise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Paradise is located in Cochise County
- Rodeo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodeo
- Rodeo is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rodeo <3>
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Apache
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
- Apache is located in Cochise County
- Animas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas
- Animas is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Animas <3>
- Cotton City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
- Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
- Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
- Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
- Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
- Steins ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
- Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
- Former name for Steins:
- Stein's Pass
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Portal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Portal.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Portal. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Portal.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Portal. See our Newspapers Page for Portal.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Portal ...
Looking for more information about Portal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Portal, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Portal.
Adding Portal to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Portal in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Portal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Portal post office opened in 1905.
We also found Portal on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Portal.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Portal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |