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Welcome to Port Kenyon ...

Port Kenyon is located in Humboldt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Kenyon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for Port Kenyon: Prt. Kenyon

Port Kenyon is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Port Kenyon lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Port Kenyon: 707 & 369<3>

Communities near Port Kenyon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Kenyon ...

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

Adding Port Kenyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Kenyon 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 Kenyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Port Kenyon post office opened in 1886.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Kenyon.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Kenyon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Kenyon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Kenyon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Port Kenyon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/









 

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