Welcome to Porter ...Porter is located in Stanly County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Porter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Porter is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Porter lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Porter: 704 & 980<3> Communities Also Named Porter ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Porter: This one is located in Stanly County and the other is located in Beaufort County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 29 communities that are also named Porter - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico (2), New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Porter. Communities near Porter ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Porter.
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 Porter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Porter. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Porter. 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 Porter. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Porter. See our Newspapers Page for Porter. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porter ...Looking for more information about Porter? 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 Porter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Porter. Adding Porter to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Porter 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 Porter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Porter. Footnotes ...
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