Named places of Oregon and Washington, from the federal register

Port Townsend

Port Townsend is a bay in Jefferson County, Washington, recorded in the federal Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524588. It sits at 0 metres above sea level.

Federal profile, 2026

Everything below is the federal record for this place, with each value's source named.

NamePort Townsend
GNIS feature ID1524588
Kind of placeBay
StateWashington
CountyJefferson
Latitude48.08076
Longitude-122.75573
USGS topographic mapPort Townsend South
First recorded09/10/1979
Elevationcalculated0 mUSGS EPQS point lookup at the primary coordinate
Elevation (feet)calculated0 ftelevation_m * 3.28084

Other bays

Every bay covered here

Other places in Jefferson County

Questions

Where is Port Townsend?

In Jefferson County, Washington, at 48.08076, -122.75573. The USGS records it on the Port Townsend South topographic map.

How high is Port Townsend?

0 metres (0 feet), read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate.

What kind of place is Port Townsend?

The U.S. Geological Survey classifies it as a bay in the Geographic Names Information System.

Where does this information come from?

The Geographic Names Information System, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, with elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Both are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright in the United States.

Method and sources

The name, class, county and coordinates come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, the federal register of place names. Elevation is read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate. Values shown as calculated are arithmetic over those fields and are not separate measurements. Nothing on this page describes what the place is like to visit: no one writing it has been there, and the federal record does not say.

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Domestic Names, 2026
  • USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service