Do you know of Portsmouth ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Portsmouth. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Portsmouth.<1>

Our sources for Portsmouth (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Portsmouth other than they indicate that Portsmouth would be found somewhere in , Virginia.

Communities Also Named Portsmouth ...

We found nine communities that share the name Portsmouth.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Portsmouth.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Portsmouth City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Portsmouth [Portsmouth City].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Portsmouth [Shelby County].
- Kentucky
  - Breathitt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Portsmouth [Breathitt County].
- Michigan
  - Bay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Portsmouth [Bay County].
- New Hampshire
  - Rockingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Portsmouth [Rockingham County].
- North Carolina
  - Carteret County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Portsmouth [Carteret County].
- Ohio
  - Scioto County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Portsmouth [Scioto County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Portsmouth.
- Rhode Island
  - Newport County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Portsmouth [Newport County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Portsmouth ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Portsmouth:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Portsmouth - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in .

Albemarle	Kingman
Armistead
	Lafayette Park
Bartee	Lansdale Gardens
Belmont Place	Liberty Park
Belvedere	Lindenwood
Benefit	Logan Park
Benmoreel
Bowers' Hill	Maple Hall
Bowling Park	Meadowbrook Terrace
Brentwood Forest	Milan
Bruce	Morningside
Bunting
	Nansemond Heights
Camp Elmore	New Towne South
Centenary	Norfolk Gardens
Centreville	Northwest
Chesterfield Heights
Christian's Mills	Oakleaf Park
Churchland	Overbrook
Cornland
Cottage Heights	Pinehurst
Cromwell	Princess Anne Park
Customhouse	Princess Anne

DeBree	River Front
Deep Creek	Riverpoint
Dennys	Riverside
Diggs Park	Roberts Park
Duncan	Rose Gardens
	Rosedale
East Fairmont
Ellsworth	Saint Brides
Euwance Park	Sewells Point
	Suburban Park
Fenttress	Sussex at Norfolk
Fleet
Fort Norfolk	Tanner's Creek
Foundation Park	Tidewater Junction
Foxhall	Tidewater Park
	Tipperton Place
Gertie	Titustown
Gilmerton	Tuckers
Gowrie Park
Grassfield	View Colony
Great Bridge	Villa Heights
	Virginia Place
Hearing
Hickory Ground	Wallaceton
Hickory	Water Works Branch
Hodges ferry	Wedgwood
Hyde Park	West Annex
	West Norfolk
Indian Creek	Westover
	Williams
Kenilworth	Wright
Kensington
Kent Park	Young Park

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Portsmouth could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.