Portage Lakes
Portage Lakes is a census-designated place in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,407 at the 2020 census. A suburb directly south of Akron, the community takes its name from the encompassing Portage Lakes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,410 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Summit County, Ohio, United States of America
- Also known as: “Portage Lakes, OH” and “Portage Lakes, Ohio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Firestone Country Club and Coventry High School.
Firestone Country Club
Golf course
Firestone Country Club is a private golf club in the United States, located in Akron, Ohio. It was a regular stop on the PGA Tour and has hosted the PGA Championship three times. Firestone Country Club is situated 1½ miles northeast of Portage Lakes.
Coventry High School
School building
Photo: Roseohioresident, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coventry High School is a public high school located in Coventry Township, near Akron, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Coventry Local School District. Coventry High School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Portage Lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Franklin and Barberton.
New Franklin
Town
Photo: Bleak23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Franklin is a city in southwestern Summit County, Ohio, United States, in the northeastern part of the state. The population was 13,877 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. New Franklin is situated 3½ miles southwest of Portage Lakes.
Barberton
Photo: Opticsnake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barberton is a city in Summit County. In 1890, Akron industrialist Ohio C. Barber had an option on 550 acres of land in Norton on which he hoped to mine soda ash.
Rolling Acres
Neighborhood
Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. Rolling Acres is situated 4½ miles northwest of Portage Lakes.
Portage Lakes
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Coventry Township, Summit, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.9959° or 40° 59′ 45″ northLongitude
-81.53512° or 81° 32′ 6″ westPopulation
6,410Elevation
1,053 feet (321 metres)Open location code
86GWXFW7+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 154075966OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
5167293Wikidata ID
Q3313437
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Portage Lakes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتاج ليكس”
- Basque: “Portage Lakes”
- Catalan: “Portage Lakes”
- Cebuano: “Portage Lakes”
- Chechen: “Портедж-Лейкс”
- Chinese: “Portage Lakes”
- Chinese: “波蒂奇萊克斯 (俄亥俄州)”
- Chinese: “波蒂奇萊克斯”
- Dutch: “Portage Lakes”
- French: “Portage Lakes”
- German: “Portage Lakes”
- Gilaki: “پؤرتیج لیکس (اؤهایؤ)”
- Gilaki: “پؤرتیج لیکس”
- Irish: “Portage Lakes”
- Italian: “Portage Lakes”
- Ladin: “Portage Lakes”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Portage Lakes”
- Persian: “پورتیج لیکس، اوهایو”
- Persian: “پورتیج لیکس”
- Polish: “Portage Lakes”
- Portuguese: “Portage Lakes”
- Serbian: “Портиџ Лејкс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Portage Lakes, Ohio”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Portage Lakes”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورتیج لیکس، اوهایو”
- Spanish: “Portage Lakes”
- Swedish: “Portage Lakes”
- Tatar: “Портедж-Лейкс”
- Ukrainian: “Портедж-Лейкс”
- Volapük: “Portage Lakes”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lovers Lane and Portage Lakes Wetland State Nature Preserve.
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