Welcome to Port Richmond ...

Port Richmond is located in King William County<1>.

The location of Port Richmond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Richmond, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

A typical abbreviation for Port Richmond: Prt. Richmond

Port Richmond is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Port Richmond: (804)

Communities Also Named Port Richmond ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Port Richmond - they are located in New York, Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Port Richmond ...

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

• Urbanna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbanna
  • Urbanna is located in Middlesex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Urbanna <4>
• Plain View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
  • Plain View is located in King and Queen County
• New Kent
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kent
  • New Kent is located in New Kent County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Kent <4>
• Adner
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adner
  • Adner is located in Gloucester County
• Glenns
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
  • Glenns is located in Gloucester County
• Cumnor
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnor
  • Cumnor is located in King and Queen County
• Norge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norge
  • Norge is located in James City County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norge <4>
• Remlik
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remlik
  • Remlik is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remlik <4>
• Saluda
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda
  • Saluda is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saluda <4>
• Barlows Corner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlows Corner
  • Barlows Corner is located in York 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 Port Richmond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Richmond.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Richmond ...

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

Adding Port Richmond to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Port Richmond post office opened in 1917.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for King William County: www.co.king-william.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/