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Welcome to Porter ...

Porter is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Porter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Porter is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Porter: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Porter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Porter - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Porter ...

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

  • Punxsutawney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Brookville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Reynoldsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sykesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • New Bethlehem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rimersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rural Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Run
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Big Run is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
  • Dayton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Summerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Summerville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Porter ...

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

Adding Porter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Porter 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 Porter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Porter post office opened in 1850. The Porter post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Porter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Porter - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Porter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Porter 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/