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Welcome to Port Madison ...

Port Madison is located in Kitsap County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Madison, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Port Madison: Prt. Madison

Port Madison is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Port Madison lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Port Madison ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Madison ...

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

Adding Port Madison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Madison 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 Madison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Port Madison post office opened in 1858.

We also found Port Madison in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Kitsap, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Madison - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/