Welcome to Chatham Port ...
Chatham Port is located in Barnstable County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Chatham Port, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.
A typical abbreviation for Chatham Port: Chatham Prt.
Chatham Port is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Chatham Port lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Chatham Port: 508 & 774<3>
Communities near Chatham Port ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Chatham Port.
- Barnstable
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yarmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dennis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,890 people
- Harwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brewster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orleans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,802 people
- Eastham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wellfleet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- South Harwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Harwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harwich
- East Orleans
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Orleans is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orleans
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 Chatham Port. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Chatham Port.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Chatham 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 Chatham Port.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Chatham Port. See our Newspapers Page for Chatham Port.
Adding Chatham Port to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Chatham Port 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 Chatham Port was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Chatham Port post office opened in 1862. The Chatham Port post office closed in 1926.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Chatham Port.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chatham Port - 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Chatham Port area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Chatham Port area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |