Welcome to Port Oneida ...
So far, we found very little information about Port Oneida. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Port Oneida to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Oneida, please Contact Us.
Port Oneida would have been located within present day Leelanau County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Port Oneida, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Oneida, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
A typical abbreviation for Port Oneida: Prt. Oneida
While the community is gone, the present day location for Port Oneida is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Port Oneida was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Port Oneida and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
The location where Port Oneida once stood is in the (231) area code.
Communities near Port Oneida ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Oneida.
- Suttons Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons Bay
- Suttons Bay is located in Leelanau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suttons Bay <6>
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Empire is located in Leelanau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <6>
- Honor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honor
- Honor is located in Benzie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honor <6>
- Lake Ann
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Ann have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ann
- Lake Ann is located in Benzie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Ann <6>
- Glen Haven ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Glen Haven is located in Leelanau County
- Burdickville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burdickville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdickville
- Burdickville is located in Leelanau County
- Maple City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple City
- Maple City is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple City <6>
- Bodus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Isadore ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Cedar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Cedar is located in Leelanau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar <6>
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 Oneida. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Oneida.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Oneida. 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 Oneida.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Oneida. See our Newspapers Page for Port Oneida.
Adding Port Oneida to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Port Oneida 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 Oneida was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Port Oneida post office opened in 1886.
We also found Port Oneida in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Oneida.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Leelanau County: www.leelanau.cc/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.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 Port Oneida, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Leelanau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Oneida - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |