Welcome to Porter Place ...
Porter Place is located in De Soto Parish<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Porter Place: Porter Pl. (or less commonly used: Porter Plc.)
Porter Place is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Porter Place lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Porter Place: 318 & 457<3>
Communities near Porter Place ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Porter Place.
- Stonewall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Logansport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Converse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keachi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Grand Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longstreet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stanley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Screamerville is located in De Soto Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
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 Porter Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Porter Place.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Porter Place. 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 Porter Place.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter Place. See our Newspapers Page for Porter Place.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porter Place ...
Looking for more information about Porter Place? 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 Porter Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Porter Place.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including De Soto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Porter Place - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Porter Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Porter Place 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. |