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The Portage Lakes are a group of glacial kettle lakes and reservoirs in Northeast Ohio. The name comes from an old Indian portage path that connected the Cuyahoga River flowing north to Lake Erie and the Tuscarawas River, a tributary of the Muskingum River, which flows south to the Ohio River. This proved advantageous for the Indians and early settlers as navigation from Lake Erie to the Ohio was possible with only an eight-mile portage. Portage Lakes State Park lies at one of the highest points of the state and on a major watershed divide in Ohio. Some water from the lakes reaches Lake Erie and some flows to the Ohio River.
Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,791. Its county seat is Ravenna. The county was created in 1807 and organized in 1808 and is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers.
Garrettsville is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram, Nelson, and Freedom townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,325 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hiram is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 1,406 at the 2010 census. It is the location of Hiram College.
Windham is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from portions of Windham Township, one of the original townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. In 1942, the US government chose Windham as the site of an army camp for workers at the newly built Ravenna Arsenal. As a result, Windham experienced the largest increase in population of any municipality in the United States between the 1940 and 1950 censuses: The population increased from 316 residents to 3,946.
The Portage River branches run northeast from Wood County & north from Hancock County to Pemberville in eastern Wood County, where it becomes one river, then into Sandusky County, and meanders across Ottawa County through Elmore & Oak Harbor before it empties into Lake Erie at what is now Port Clinton. It most likely derives its name from early explorers who were forced to portage or carry their canoes and boats around the river's intermittent shallows and rapids. It is approximately 41.5 miles (66.8 km) in length.
Hiram Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census listed 2,411 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.
The Toledo Metropolitan Area, or Greater Toledo, is a metropolitan area centered on the American city of Toledo, Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 651,429. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the state of Ohio, behind Cincinnati–Northern Kentucky, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Akron.
The Akron, Ohio, metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of two counties, Summit and Portage, in Northeast Ohio and is anchored by the city of Akron. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 702,219.
The Little Cuyahoga River is a 17.4 mile-long tributary of the Cuyahoga River in the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in southeastern Summit County and southwestern Portage County, its 61.7 square mile watershed drains portions of Akron, Tallmadge, Springfield Township, Lakemore, Mogadore, Brimfield Township, Suffield Township, and Randolph Township.
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.
Cobbs Corners is a former settlement in Portage County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was located in Mantua Township.
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.
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.
Fowlers Mill is an unincorporated community in 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.
Suffield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 949 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hiram Rapids, Ohio
- ↑ "Portage County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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