Welcome to Port Tobacco ...

Port Tobacco is located in Charles County<1>.

The location of Port Tobacco has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Tobacco, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1792.

A typical abbreviation for Port Tobacco: Prt. Tobacco

Port Tobacco is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Port Tobacco lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Port Tobacco: (301) & (240)<4>

The ZIP code for Port Tobacco: 20677<5>

Websites for Port Tobacco ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cccc-md.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Port Tobacco, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Port Tobacco ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Tobacco.

• Dumfries
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
  • Dumfries is located in Prince William County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,106 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <6>
• Indian Head
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Indian Head is located in Charles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Head <6>
• Colonial Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Beach <6>
• Occoquan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Occoquan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occoquan
  • Occoquan is located in Fairfax County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Occoquan <6>
• Quantico
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quantico have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quantico
  • Quantico is located in Prince William County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quantico <6>
• Eagle Harbor
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
  • Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Lyons Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corner
  • Lyons Corner is located in Charles County
• Pomfret
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomfret have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
  • Pomfret is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomfret <6>
• Faulkner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner
  • Faulkner is located in Charles County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faulkner <6>
• Mount Air
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Air
  • Mount Air is located in Charles County

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 Tobacco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Tobacco.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Tobacco. 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 Tobacco.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Tobacco. See our Newspapers Page for Port Tobacco.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Tobacco ...

Looking for more information about Port Tobacco? 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 Tobacco, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Tobacco.

Adding Port Tobacco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Tobacco 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 Tobacco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Port Tobacco post office opened in 1792.

We also found Port Tobacco in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Tobacco.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Tobacco. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charles County: www.charlescounty.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/