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Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,791. Located in Northeast Ohio, Portage County is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area. Its county seat is Ravenna and its largest city is Kent.
Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 11,352 people in the township.
Montrose is an unincorporated community on the border between Bath Township, Copley Township, and the city of Fairlawn in Summit County, Ohio, United States. It is an area of restaurants, stores, and businesses located along a stretch of State Route 18 near Interstate 77. The community is served by the Fairlawn (44333) post office. It is included in the Montrose-Ghent census-designated place. It had been a quiet hamlet for much of its history, with such establishments as a drive-in theater, golf courses, and a church. It became a busy retail area in the 1990s as new commercial development moved in.
Freedom Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,751 people in the township.
Shalersville Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 5,670 people in the township.
Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township.
Charlestown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,735 people in the township.
Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,586 people in the township.
Atwater is a census-designated place (CDP) in Portage County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 758. It is located in the central part of Atwater Township, of which it is a part.
Tinker's Creek, in Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage counties, is the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River, providing about a third of its flow into Lake Erie.
Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44412. The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interstate 76 travels near Diamond. The town used to be a stop on the New York Central Railroad, but the stop was abandoned in the early 1970s.
Portage Center is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Campbellsport is an unincorporated community in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located southeast of Ravenna around the intersection of Industry Road and Ohio State Route 14, where the townships of Ravenna, Charlestown, Rootstown, and Edinburg meet. Much of the area is now occupied by the adjacent West Branch State Park and Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir, which were created in 1965.
Mahoning is a former settlement in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was located at the present-day intersection of North Main Street and Ohio State Route 82 in northern Windham Township, north of the village of Windham.
Mishler is a former settlement in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was located in the southern part of Suffield Township along Mishler Road, east of present-day Ohio State Route 43.
Hiram Rapids is an unincorporated community in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Yale is an unincorporated community in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It centered at the intersection of Alliance Road and Yale Road along Ohio State Route 14 where the townships of Edinburg, Palmyra, Atwater, and Deerfield meet.
Friendsville is an unincorporated community in Medina County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Huntsburg is an unincorporated community in Huntsburg Township, Geauga County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Drakesburg is an unincorporated community in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is located in Freedom Township at the intersection of Nichols Road and state routes 303 and 88.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cobbs Corners (historical)
- ↑ "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Brown, Robert C.; Norris, J. E. (1885). History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. p. 757.
- ↑ "Portage County". Ohio Ghost Towns. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
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