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Welcome to Porvenir ...So far, we found very little information about Porvenir. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Porvenir to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Porvenir, please Contact Us. Porvenir was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Porvenir would have been located within present day Presidio County<2>. The location of Porvenir has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Porvenir, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926. While the community is gone, the present day location for Porvenir is 3,010 feet [917 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Porvenir is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Porvenir was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Porvenir would have been located in the (432) area code. Communities near Porvenir ...We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Porvenir.
Adding Porvenir to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Porvenir 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 Porvenir was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Porvenir. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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