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>.
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.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Port Discovery was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Port Discovery was located: 360 & 564<4>
Communities near Port Discovery ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Discovery.
- Port Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Townsend
- Port Townsend is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,973 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Townsend <5>
- Sequim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequim
- Sequim is located in Clallam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,780 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sequim <5>
- Coupeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coupeville
- Coupeville is located in Island County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coupeville <5>
- Chimacum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimacum
- Chimacum is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chimacum <5>
- Irondale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Port Hadlock - Irondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hadlock - Irondale
- Port Hadlock - Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Port Hadlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Hadlock
- Port Hadlock is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Hadlock <5>
- Blyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blyn
- Blyn is located in Clallam County
- Beaver Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Leland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Port Discovery post office opened in 1861.
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://wa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Port Discovery, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Discovery - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Discovery area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Port Discovery area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |