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Welcome to Port Griffith ...

Port Griffith is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Griffith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

A typical abbreviation for Port Griffith: Prt. Griffith

Port Griffith is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Port Griffith: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Port Griffith ...

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

  • Scranton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dunmore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Kingston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Nanticoke
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Forge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Archbald
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Blakely
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
  • Moosic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Griffith ...

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

Adding Port Griffith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Griffith 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 (so far) for Port Griffith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Port Griffith post office opened in 1894. The Port Griffith post office closed in 1912.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Griffith - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Griffith area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Port Griffith area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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