Welcome to Port Stanley ...

Port Stanley is located in San Juan County<1>.

The location of Port Stanley 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 Stanley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Port Stanley: Prt. Stanley

Port Stanley is near sea level<3>.

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

Port Stanley lies within the (360) area code.

Communities Also Named Port Stanley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Port Stanley - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Port Stanley ...

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

• Oak Harbor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
  • Oak Harbor is located in Island County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,643 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Harbor <4>
• Anacortes
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anacortes
  • Anacortes is located in Skagit County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anacortes <4>
• Friday Harbor
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friday Harbor
  • Friday Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friday Harbor <4>
• Shaw Island
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
  • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
• Olga
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
  • Olga is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olga <4>
• Orcas
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orcas
  • Orcas is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orcas <4>
• Argyle
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Argyle is located in San Juan County
• Deer Harbor
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Harbor
  • Deer Harbor is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Harbor <4>
• False Bay
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Bay
  • False Bay is located in San Juan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for False Bay <4>
• Urban
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
  • Urban is located in Skagit 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 Stanley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Stanley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Stanley ...

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

Adding Port Stanley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Port Stanley post office opened in 1892.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/