Welcome to Westport ...
Westport is located in Cheshire County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Westport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.
Westport is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Westport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Westport: 603
Communities Also Named Westport ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Westport - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Westport.
Communities near Westport ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Westport.
- Keene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Athol
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Athol is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Brattleboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brattleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brattleboro
- Brattleboro is located in Windham County (VT)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,257 people
- Winchendon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Orange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Swanzey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rindge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jaffrey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffrey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffrey
- Jaffrey is located in Cheshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,287 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jaffrey <3>
- Winchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winchester. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Winchester is located in Cheshire County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <3>
- Walpole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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 Westport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Westport.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Westport. 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 Westport.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Westport. See our Newspapers Page for Westport.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westport ...
Looking for more information about Westport? 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 Westport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Westport.
Adding Westport to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Westport 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 Westport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Westport post office opened in 1832.
We also found Westport in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Westport.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Cheshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Westport - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |