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Welcome to Port Emma ...

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

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

Port Emma would have been located within present day Dickey County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Emma, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Port Emma: Prt. Emma

While the community is gone, the present day location for Port Emma is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Port Emma was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Port Emma was located: 701

Communities near Port Emma ...

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

  • Houghton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Winship
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Winship is located in Brown County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winship
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,862 people
  • Oakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Ellendale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Hecla
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hecla is located in Brown County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hecla <4>
  • Newark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Newark is located in Marshall County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Estimated population in 2014: 109 people
  • Cogswell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Fullerton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Norway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Norway is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
  • Silverleaf
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Silverleaf is located in Dickey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf

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

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

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

Adding Port Emma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Emma in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Port Emma was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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 Emma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Dickey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Emma - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.