Porters Island
Porters Island is an island in St. Tammany, Louisiana. Porters Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Porters River Landing, as well as near Magnolia Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pearl River and Gainesville.
Pearl River
Village
Photo: Blinutne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pearl River is a town in St. Tammany Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,506 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 2,618 at the 2020 population estimates program. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
Gainesville
Locality
Gainesville is a ghost town located in Hancock County, Mississippi, near the border of Louisiana. Formerly a thriving port on the Pearl River, the town underwent marked decline due to the emergence of railways in the mid-19th century. Gainesville is situated 5 miles east of Porters Island.
Porters Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in St. Tammany Parish, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: St. Tammany, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.35936° or 30° 21′ 34″ northLongitude
-89.72395° or 89° 43′ 26″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
862G975G+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 358394723OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Porters Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Porters Island”
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Localities in the Area
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