Welcome to Portia ...Portia is located in Vernon County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Portia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Portia is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Portia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Portia: 417 Communities Also Named Portia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Portia - they are located in Arkansas and Manitoba. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portia. Communities near Portia ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Portia.
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 Portia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Portia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Portia. 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 Portia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Portia. See our Newspapers Page for Portia. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Portia ...Looking for more information about Portia? 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 Portia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Portia. Adding Portia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Portia 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 Portia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Portia. Footnotes ...
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