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Welcome to Port Louisa ...

Port Louisa is located in Louisa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Louisa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

A typical abbreviation for Port Louisa: Prt. Louisa

Port Louisa is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Port Louisa: 319

Communities near Port Louisa ...

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

  • Muscatine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wapello
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wapello is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
  • Columbus Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Mediapolis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Winfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fruitland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Morning Sun
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Boston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Keithsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Grandview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandview is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 519 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 Port Louisa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Louisa.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Louisa ...

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

Adding Port Louisa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Louisa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Port Louisa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Port Louisa post office opened in 1847. The Port Louisa post office closed in 1918.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Louisa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/