Portage
Portage is a town in the southwest corner of Livingston County, New York, United States. The town is at the south end of Letchworth State Park. The name of the town stems from the need to portage canoes around the falls of the Genesee River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: human settlement
- Description: human settlement in New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Portage, New York”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portage Viaduct.
Portage Viaduct
Bridge
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The Portage Viaduct, officially known as the Genesee Arch Bridge since 2017, is a steel arch railroad bridge over the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, Livingston County, New York. Portage Viaduct is situated 850 feet west of Portage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hunt and Nunda.
Hunt
Hamlet
Hunt is a hamlet and census-designated place in Livingston County, New York, United States. Its population was 78 as of the 2010 census. Hunt has a post office with ZIP code 14846. Hunt is situated 3½ miles southeast of Portage.
Nunda
Village
Nunda is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,064 at the 2010 census. Nunda welcomes visitors with signs stating "Welcome to Nunda, a Nice Place to Live." The name is derived from Nunda-wa-ono, the name given to it by a group of the Seneca people who once lived in the hills and valleys along the Genesee River and Keshequa Creek within the present-day town. Nunda is situated 5 miles east of Portage.
Dalton
Hamlet
Dalton is a hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Nunda and Portage in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 351 at the 2020 census. Dalton is situated 5 miles southeast of Portage.
Portage
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Urdu—“Portage” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Портедж”
- Chinese: “波蒂奇 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “波蒂奇”
- Dutch: “Portage”
- French: “Portage”
- German: “Portage”
- Haitian: “Portage, New York”
- Haitian: “Portage”
- Irish: “Portage”
- Italian: “Portage”
- Mazanderani: “پورتیج (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “پورتیج”
- Polish: “Portage”
- Spanish: “Portage”
- Tatar: “Портедж”
- Turkish: “Portage”
- Ukrainian: “Портедж”
- Urdu: “پورٹیج (ٹاؤن)، نیو یارک”
- Urdu: “پورٹیج، نیو یارک”
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