Welcome to Port Arthur ...
Port Arthur is located in Rusk County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Arthur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
When the people of Port Arthur refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Port Arthurian<2>
A typical abbreviation for Port Arthur: Prt. Arthur
Port Arthur is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Port Arthur lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Port Arthur: 715 & 534<4>
Communities Also Named Port Arthur ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Port Arthur - they are located in Nevada, Texas and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Port Arthur.
Communities near Port Arthur ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Arthur.
- Ladysmith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cornell is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,400 people
- Bruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bruce is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Estella
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Weyerhaeuser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weyerhaeuser is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyerhaeuser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Sheldon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldon is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Exeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Exeland is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Tony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tony is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Conrath
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conrath is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Glen Flora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 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 Arthur. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Arthur.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Arthur. 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 Arthur.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Arthur. See our Newspapers Page for Port Arthur.
Adding Port Arthur to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Port Arthur 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 Arthur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Port Arthur post office opened in 1907. The Port Arthur post office closed in 1912.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Arthur.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Rusk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Port Arthur refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Port Arthur may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Arthur - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Arthur area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Port Arthur area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |