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Welcome to Port Sullivan ...

So far, we found very little information about Port Sullivan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Port Sullivan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Sullivan, please Contact Us.


Port Sullivan was located

Port Sullivan would have been located within present day Milam County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Sullivan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Port Sullivan: Prt. Sullivan

While the community is gone, the present day location for Port Sullivan is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Port Sullivan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Port Sullivan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Port Sullivan: This one is located in Milam County and the other is located in Robertson County.

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

Communities near Port Sullivan ...

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

  • Cameron
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Hearne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hearne is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearne
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hearne <4>
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvert
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bremond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Milano
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gause
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Milam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Maysfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Elliot
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elliot is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot

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

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

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

Adding Port Sullivan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Port Sullivan post office opened in 1852. The Port Sullivan post office closed in 1943.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Port Sullivan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Milam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Sullivan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/