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Welcome to Jacksonport ...

Jacksonport is located in Door County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jacksonport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

Jacksonport is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jacksonport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Jacksonport (for example, toward Empire (MI)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Jacksonport: 920 & 274<3>

The ZIP code for Jacksonport: 54235<4>

Communities Also Named Jacksonport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jacksonport - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Jacksonport ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jacksonport ...

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

Adding Jacksonport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jacksonport 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 (so far) for Jacksonport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jacksonport post office opened in 1867. The Jacksonport post office closed in 1970.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jacksonport.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Door, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jacksonport - 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Jacksonport area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Jacksonport area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Jacksonport). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Jacksonport or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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