Welcome to Westport ...

Westport is located in Richland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Westport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Westport is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Westport: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Westport ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Westport - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington.

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

Websites for Westport ...

Official Website: www.townofwestport.org/

Communities near Westport ...

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

• Richland Center
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (5 miles [8 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
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (10 miles [16.1 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
• Highland
  (17 miles [27.4 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
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (19 miles [30.6 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
  (15 miles [24.1 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
  (14 miles [22.5 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
• Gays Mills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 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 Westport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Westport.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Westport ...

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

Adding Westport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Westport 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 Westport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Westport post office opened in 1889. The Westport post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Westport.