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Welcome to Port Royal Ferry ...

Port Royal Ferry is located in Beaufort County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Royal Ferry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

A typical abbreviation for Port Royal Ferry: Prt. Royal Ferry

Port Royal Ferry is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Port Royal Ferry: 843 & 854<3>

Communities near Port Royal Ferry ...

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

  • Port Royal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Beaufort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgeland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Yemassee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheldon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Laurel Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Burton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Polk Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
  • Tomotley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
  • Sangster Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Royal Ferry ...

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

Adding Port Royal Ferry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Royal Ferry in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Port Royal Ferry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Port Royal Ferry post office opened in 1869. The Port Royal Ferry post office closed in 1870.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Royal Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Beaufort, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Royal Ferry - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Royal Ferry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Port Royal Ferry 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/