Welcome to Duck Port ...
So far, we found very little information about Duck Port. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Duck Port to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Duck Port, please Contact Us.
Duck Port would have been located within present day Madison Parish<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Duck Port, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.
A typical abbreviation for Duck Port: Duck Prt.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Duck Port is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Duck Port was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Duck Port was located: 318 & 457<4>
Communities near Duck Port ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duck Port.
- Vicksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vicksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
- Vicksburg is located in Warren County (MS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,351 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vicksburg <6>
- Tallulah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallulah
- Tallulah is located in Madison Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tallulah <6>
- Richmond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Delta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Delta is located in Madison Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <6>
- Mound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Mound is located in Madison Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Thomastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Thomastown is located in Madison Parish
- Barnes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Coleman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Ashly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Stout
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Duck Port. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duck Port.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duck Port. 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 Duck Port.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duck Port. See our Newspapers Page for Duck Port.
Adding Duck Port to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Duck Port 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 for Duck Port was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Duck Port post office opened in 1869.
We also found Duck Port in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Duck Port.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Duck Port, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Duck Port - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Duck Port area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Duck Port area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |