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Welcome to Port Jervis ...

The city of Port Jervis is located in Orange County<1>.

Port Jervis was established in 1690.

A typical abbreviation for Port Jervis: Prt. Jervis

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Port Jervis has a population of 8,552 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Port Jervis is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Port Jervis lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Port Jervis: 845 & 329<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Port Jervis had an population of 8,552 people. This is a decrease of 3.13% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.48% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Port Jervis had a population of 8,828 people. This makes Port Jervis the county's 18th most populous community.

The population of Port Jervis represents 0.05% of the population of New York (which has 19,378,102 people), making it the state's 274th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 8,828 people, the population of Port Jervis has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,860 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Jervis.

Websites for Port Jervis ...

Official Website:   www.portjervisny.org/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Communities near Port Jervis ...

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

  • Middletown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Warwick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Monticello
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Goshen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Goshen is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,337 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goshen <5>
  • Florida
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wurtsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wurtsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtsboro
    • Wurtsboro is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,150 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wurtsboro <5>
  • Otisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otisville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisville
    • Otisville is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otisville <5>
  • Milford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <5>
  • Bloomingburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Jervis. Our list includes 19 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Port Jervis.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Jervis ...

Looking for more information about Port Jervis? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Port Jervis, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Jervis.

Adding Port Jervis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Jervis 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 Port Jervis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Port Jervis post office opened in 1830.

We also found Port Jervis in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

The official website for Port Jervis: www.portjervisny.org/

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Port Jervis.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Jervis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Jervis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Port Jervis area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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