The name Port Tobacco is apparently a corruption of that Indian word. But the frontier town where settlers literally kept the wolves from their doors did become a tobacco port, first on the west side of the Port Tobacco River and then, in 1727, at its present site on what was then the east shore.
Beside above, how old is Port Deposit?
Situated at a geographic nexus, Port Deposit has seen its fortunes rise and fall and rise again over its 200 years as a town, largely thanks to its location. Like many river towns along the Susquehanna, it was established to deal with waterborne transit of cargo and hugs a relatively narrow section of riverbank.
Subsequently, when was Port Tobacco founded? Established in 1684 on the site of an Indian settlement of the Late Woodland period whose existence was noted by Captain John Smith in 1608, by the mid 18th century Port Tobacco was recognized throughout the colonies as one of Maryland’s premier centers of commerce and trans-Atlantic trade.