Porterville (Newfoundland and Labrador): Community Profile

Welcome to Porterville ...

Porterville is located on the east coast of Newfoundland (on the Bay of Exploits).

Time Zone: Porterville lies in the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: NST- Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve (HNT), NDT- Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT).

Porterville lies within the (709) area code.

Communities near Porterville ...

A sample of nearby communities can be found below.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Porterville and not the distance if driven.^<1>.

Community	2006 ^<2> Population	Dir	Distance
Botwood [Map]	3,052	SW	10 miles [16.1 km]
Campbellton [Map]	494	E	11 miles [17.7 km]
Comfort Cove - Newstead [Map]	451	NE	17 miles [27.4 km]
Embree [Map]	703	NE	7 miles [11.3 km]
Leading Tickles [Map]	407	NW	19 miles [30.6 km]
Lewisporte [Map]	3,308	E	5 miles [8 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Nearby Page for Porterville.

Communities Also Named Porterville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are 10 communities that are also named Porterville - they are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, Texas and Utah.

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

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Porterville. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Porterville:

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porterville ...

Looking for more information about Porterville? 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 Porterville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Porterville.

Other Roadside Stops ...

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Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Porterville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Porterville) to Point B.

If you need the driving distance (or directions), we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Porterville. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link for your convenience: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Porterville

Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Porterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2500, Longitude: -55.1833 [Map].

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Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use should be considered estimates. Our population values for Porterville were taken from various sources and although they can be traced back to Statistics Canada (StatCan), they should not be considered official.