Welcome to Portsmouth ...Portsmouth is located in Breathitt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Portsmouth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911. When the people of Portsmouth refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Portsmouthite<2> Portsmouth is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Portsmouth lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Portsmouth: 606 Communities Also Named Portsmouth ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Portsmouth - they are located in Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Rhode Island and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portsmouth. Communities near Portsmouth ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Portsmouth.
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 Portsmouth. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Portsmouth. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Portsmouth. See our Newspapers Page for Portsmouth. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Portsmouth ...Looking for more information about Portsmouth? 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 Portsmouth, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Portsmouth. Adding Portsmouth to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Portsmouth. Footnotes ...
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