Welcome to Port Andrew ...
Port Andrew is located in Richland County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Andrew, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.
A typical abbreviation for Port Andrew: Prt. Andrew
Port Andrew is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Port Andrew lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Port Andrew: 608 & 353<3>
Communities near Port Andrew ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Andrew.
- Richland Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Fennimore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Muscoda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Lone Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Wauzeka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Montfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Avoca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Soldiers Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
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 Andrew. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Andrew.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Andrew. 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 Andrew.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Andrew. See our Newspapers Page for Port Andrew.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Andrew ...
Looking for more information about Port Andrew? 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 Andrew, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Andrew.
Adding Port Andrew to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Port Andrew 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 Port Andrew was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Port Andrew post office opened in 1855. The Port Andrew post office closed in 1889.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Andrew.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Richland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Andrew - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Andrew area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Port Andrew area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | 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/ |