Welcome to Porten Settlement ...
Although we found mention of Porten Settlement during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Porten Settlement was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Porten Settlement to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Porten Settlement, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Porten Settlement might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
Note: If you travel west from Porten Settlement (for example, toward Amity (ME)), you will soon leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
We believe that Porten Settlement would be found within the (506) area code.
Communities Also Named Porten Settlement ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Porten Settlement - it's located in New Brunswick.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Porten Settlement.
Communities near Porten Settlement ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Porten Settlement.
- Houlton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodstock Parish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstock Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Parish
- Northampton Parish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northampton Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton Parish
- Hodgdon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgdon
- Hodgdon is located in Aroostook County (ME)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
- Nackawic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nackawic came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nackawic
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nackawic <2>
- Dumfries Parish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dumfries Parish came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries Parish
- Canterbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canterbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury
- Amity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Amity is located in Aroostook County (ME)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Cary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Cary is located in Aroostook County (ME)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Cary has also been known as:
- Cary Plantation
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 Porten Settlement. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Porten Settlement.
We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Porten Settlement. See our Newspapers Page for Porten Settlement.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porten Settlement ...
Looking for more information about Porten Settlement? 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.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Porten Settlement, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Porten Settlement.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Porten Settlement and then turned east". While Porten Settlement could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Porten Settlement as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Porten Settlement could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <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. |