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Welcome to Port Blakely ...So far, we found very little information about Port Blakely. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Port Blakely to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Blakely, please Contact Us. Port Blakely would have been located within present day Kitsap County<2>. The location of Port Blakely has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Blakely, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. A typical abbreviation for Port Blakely: Prt. Blakely While the community is gone, the present day location for Port Blakely is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Port Blakely was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Port Blakely ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Blakely.
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 Port Blakely. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Blakely. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Blakely. 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 Port Blakely. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Blakely. See our Newspapers Page for Port Blakely. Adding Port Blakely to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Blakely 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 Port Blakely was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Port Blakely in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Blakely. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Kitsap County: www.kitsapgov.com/ The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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