Porter:

Porter lies in Porter Township which was named after Commodore David Porter in 1840. Porter was a naval hero in the War of 1812. His son, also David Porter, became famous in the naval battles of the Civil War. A grocery store and a post office once operated in Porter. Mail was brought in on the Railroad to a station in Loop, PA. Nearby towns included Windy Whiz and Corbett-town which were coal boom towns in the early 1900's but closed and disappeared by 1930.