Welcome to East Portal ...

So far, we found very little information about East Portal. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added East Portal to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with East Portal, please Contact Us.

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East Portal would have been located within present day Mineral County<2>.

A typical abbreviation for East Portal: E. Portal

While the community is gone, the present day location for East Portal is 4,120 feet [1,256 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of East Portal is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where East Portal was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While East Portal is in the Mountain Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The Area Code where East Portal was located: 406

Communities Also Named East Portal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Portal - it's located in Colorado.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Portal.

Communities near East Portal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Portal.

• Osburn
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Osburn is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osburn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,569 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osburn <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Osburn
  • From East Portal to Osburn
• Thompson Falls
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompson Falls is located in Sanders County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Falls <4>
• Wallace
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wallace is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 778 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wallace
  • From East Portal to Wallace
• Mullan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <4>
• Saltese
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Saltese is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltese
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltese <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Saltese
  • From East Portal to Saltese
• Larson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Larson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Larson
  • From East Portal to Larson
• Haugan
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Haugan is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haugan
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haugan <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Haugan
  • From East Portal to Haugan
• Avery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Avery is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avery <4>
• Burke ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Burke is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Burke
  • From East Portal to Burke
• Frisco
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Frisco is located in Shoshone County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Frisco
  • From East Portal to Frisco

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

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

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

Adding East Portal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Portal 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 East Portal was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Portal.