Welcome to Westport ...

Westport is located in Clinton County<1>.

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

Westport is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Westport: (570)

Websites for Westport ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clintoncountyinfo.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Westport, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Westport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Westport - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Westport ...

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

• Renovo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renovo
  • Renovo is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Renovo <3>
• Snow Shoe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Shoe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Shoe
  • Snow Shoe is located in Centre County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Shoe <3>
• Beech Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beech Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
  • Beech Creek is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 685 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beech Creek <3>
• South Renovo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Renovo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Renovo
  • South Renovo is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
• Driftwood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
  • Driftwood is located in Cameron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driftwood <3>
• Farwell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Farwell is located in Clinton County
• North Bend
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
  • North Bend is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Bend <3>
• Hammersley Fork
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammersley Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammersley Fork
  • Hammersley Fork is located in Clinton County
• Monument
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
  • Monument is located in Centre County
• Pottersdale
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
  • Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westport ...

Looking for more information about Westport? 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 Westport, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Westport.

Adding Westport to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Westport post office opened in 1850.

We also found Westport in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westport.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Clinton County: www.clintoncountypa.com/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/