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Welcome to Port Williams ...

Port Williams is located in Clallam County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Williams, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

A typical abbreviation for Port Williams: Prt. Williams

Port Williams is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Port Williams: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Port Williams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Port Williams - they are located in Kansas and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Port Williams ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Williams ...

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

Adding Port Williams to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Williams 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 Williams was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Port Williams post office opened in 1890.

We also found Port Williams in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Clallam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Williams - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Williams area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Port Williams area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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