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Welcome to Port Byron ...The village of Port Byron is located in Rock Island County<1>. The pronunciation of Port Byron: BEYE-ruhn<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Byron, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. A typical abbreviation for Port Byron: Prt. Byron From the Census Estimates for 2019, Port Byron has a population of 1,606 people<3> (see below for details). Port Byron is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Port Byron lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Port Byron: (309) The ZIP code for Port Byron: 61275<5> Websites for Port Byron ...Official Website: www.portbyron.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Port Byron had an population of 1,606 people. This is a decrease of 2.49% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.63% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Port Byron had a population of 1,647 people. This makes Port Byron the county's 9th most populous community. The population of Port Byron represents 0.01% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 534th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,647 people, the population of Port Byron increased 7.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,535 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Byron. Communities Also Named Port Byron ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Port Byron - they are located in Kansas and New York. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Port Byron. Communities near Port Byron ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Byron.
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 Byron. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Byron. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Byron. 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 Byron. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Byron. See our Newspapers Page for Port Byron. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Byron ...Looking for more information about Port Byron? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Port Byron, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Byron. Adding Port Byron to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Byron 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 Byron was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Port Byron in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Byron. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Port Byron: www.portbyron.com/ The official website for Rock Island County: www.co.rock-island.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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