Portage Township

Portage Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,217 people in the township.

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Type: Locality with 1,220 residents
Description: township in Ottawa County, Ohio
Also known as: “Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio” and “Township of Portage”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carl R Keller Field Airport and St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

Carl R Keller Field Airport

Aerodrome

Erie–Ottawa International Airport, also known as Carl R. Keller Field, is three miles east of Port Clinton, in Ottawa County, Ohio. It is owned by the Erie–Ottawa Airport Authority. Carl R Keller Field Airport is situated 2½ miles southeast of Portage Township.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church

Church

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St. Thomas' Episcopal Church is a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio. Its historic Gothic Revival style church, at 214 E. Second Street in Port Clinton, Ohio, was built in 1896. St. Thomas Episcopal Church is situated 2½ miles southwest of Portage Township.

Ottawa County Courthouse

Courthouse

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Ottawa County Courthouse is situated 2½ miles southwest of Portage Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Clinton and Gypsum.

Port Clinton

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Port Clinton, "The Walleye Capital of the World", is a fishing village and vacation spot on the north shore of Ohio. Most visitors to Port Clinton are parking and boarding boats and ferries to enjoy Lake Erie and Lake Erie Islands.

Gypsum

Hamlet

Gypsum is an unincorporated community in eastern Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43433. The community is named for deposits of the gypsum rock near the original town site. Gypsum is situated 3½ miles southeast of Portage Township.

Portage Township

Category: township of Ohio
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.5362° or 41° 32′ 11″ north

Longitude

-82.9095° or 82° 54′ 34″ west

Population

1,220

Elevation

571 feet (174 metres)

Open location code

86HVG3PR+F6

GeoNames ID

5167307

Wikidata ID

Q7231451

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Portage Township” goes by many names.

Basque: “Portage udalerria, Ottawa konderria (Ohio)”
Basque: “Portage udalerria, Ottawa konderria”
Chinese: “波蒂奇鎮區 (俄亥俄州渥太華縣)”
Chinese: “波蒂奇鎮區”
French: “Canton de Portage”
German: “Portage Township”
Japanese: “ポーテージ (オハイオ州オタワ郡)”
Persian: “بخش پورتیج، شهرستان اوتاوا”
Persian: “بخش پورتیج”
Portuguese: “Município de Portage (condado de Ottawa, Ohio)”
Portuguese: “Município de Portage”
Spanish: “Municipio de Portage (condado de Ottawa, Ohio)”
Spanish: “Municipio de Portage”
Urdu: “پورٹیج ٹاؤن شپ، اوٹاوا کاؤنٹی، اوہائیو”
Urdu: “پورٹیج ٹاؤن شپ”
Vietnamese: “Xã Portage, Quận Ottawa, Ohio”
Vietnamese: “Xã Portage”

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