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Welcome to Port Discovery ...So far, we found very little information about Port Discovery. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Port Discovery to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Discovery, please Contact Us. Port Discovery would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>. The location of Port Discovery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Discovery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861. A typical abbreviation for Port Discovery: Prt. Discovery While the community is gone, the present day location for Port Discovery is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Port Discovery was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Port Discovery once stood is in the (360) area code. Communities near Port Discovery ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Discovery.
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 Discovery. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Discovery. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Discovery. 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 Discovery. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Discovery. See our Newspapers Page for Port Discovery. Adding Port Discovery to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Port Discovery 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 Discovery was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Port Discovery in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Discovery. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.wa.us/ The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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