RoadsideThoughts |
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada |
Home >> State of Ohio >> Jefferson County >> Port Homer | Index... |
Welcome to Port Homer ...Port Homer is located in Jefferson County<1>. The location of Port Homer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Homer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841. A typical abbreviation for Port Homer: Prt. Homer Port Homer is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Port Homer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Port Homer is within the boundaries of the (740) area code. Communities near Port Homer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Homer.
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 Homer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Homer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Homer. 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 Homer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Homer. See our Newspapers Page for Port Homer. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Homer ...Looking for more information about Port Homer? 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 Port Homer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Homer. Adding Port Homer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Homer 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 Homer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Port Homer in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Homer. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Port Homer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountyoh.com/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
|
Thank you for visiting our website.
In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.
If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.
This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024