Welcome to Port Leon ...

Port Leon is located in Wakulla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Leon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

A typical abbreviation for Port Leon: Prt. Leon

Port Leon is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Port Leon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Port Leon and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Port Leon: 850 & 448<3>

Communities near Port Leon ...

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

Sopchoppy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sopchoppy is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopchoppy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sopchoppy <4>
Wakulla Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wakulla Springs is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakulla Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakulla Springs <4>
Crawfordville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crawfordville is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfordville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawfordville <4>
Panacea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Panacea is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panacea
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panacea <4>
Woodville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <4>
Saint Teresa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Teresa is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Teresa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Teresa <4>
Thomas City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas City
Wacissa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wacissa is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacissa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wacissa <4>
Curtis Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
Tallahassee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tallahassee is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallahassee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196,326 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tallahassee <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Leon ...

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

Adding Port Leon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Leon 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 (so far) for Port Leon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Port Leon post office opened in 1840. The Port Leon post office closed in 1844.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Wakulla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Leon - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Leon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Port Leon 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>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/