Welcome to Westport ...

Westport is located in Richland County<1>.

The location of Westport has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westport, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Westport is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Westport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Westport: (608)

Websites for Westport ...

Official Website: www.townofwestport.org/

Communities Also Named Westport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Westport - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Westport.

Communities near Westport ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Westport.

• Richland Center
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
  • Richland Center is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
• Boscobel
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boscobel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
  • Boscobel is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
• Fennimore
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
  • Fennimore is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
• Muscoda
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muscoda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
  • Muscoda is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
• Highland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Highland is located in Iowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
• Wauzeka
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauzeka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
  • Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
• Montfort
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
  • Montfort is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
• Avoca
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Avoca is located in Iowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
• Soldiers Grove
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldiers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
  • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
• Gays Mills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
  • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people

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 Westport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Westport.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Westport. 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 Westport.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Westport. See our Newspapers Page for Westport.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westport ...

Looking for more information about Westport? 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 Westport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Westport.

Adding Westport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Westport 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 Westport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Westport post office opened in 1889.

We also found Westport in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westport.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Westport: www.townofwestport.org/

The official website for Richland County: www.co.richland.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/