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Welcome to Port Conway ...

Port Conway is located in King George County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Conway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

A typical abbreviation for Port Conway: Prt. Conway

Port Conway is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Port Conway: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Port Conway ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Conway ...

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

Adding Port Conway to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Port Conway post office opened in 1820. The Port Conway post office closed in 1935.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including King George, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Conway - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Conway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Port Conway 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/