Portage County Ohio Genealogy
Founded: June 7, 1808
Named for: The portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers.
County Seat: Ravenna
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Communities
Portage County is arranged as a 4x5 grid of 20 rectangles: 18 unincorporated townships containing 9 cities and villages; and two incorporated townships which are fully occupied by one city each.
Under Ohio law, there are two types of incorporated municipal jurisdictions: cities and villages, and any territory within a county that is not part of an incorporated municipality (city or village), is part of a township. Townships have limited local government and services.
Camp James A. Garfield, formerly known as the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site and commonly known as the Ravenna Arsenal, occupies much of the land in Charlestown, Paris, and Windham Townships, as well as a small part of Freedom Township.
Cities: Aurora, Kent, Ravenna (county seat), Streetsboro, Tallmadge.
Villages: Garrettsville, Hiram, Mantua, Mogadore, Sugar Bush Knolls, Windham.
Townships: Atwater, Brimfield, Charlestown, Deerfield, Edinburg, Franklin, Freedom, Hiram, Mantua, Nelson, Palmyra, Paris, Randolph, Ravenna, Rootstown, Shalersville, Suffield, Windham.
Census-designated places: Atwater in Atwater Township, Brady Lake in Franklin Township, Brimfield in Brimfield Township, Suffield in Suffield Township.
Unincorporated communities: Black Horse, Campbellsport, Cobbs Corners, Diamond, Drakesburg, Earlville, Freedom Station, Hiram Rapids, Lloyd, Mahoning, Mishler, Moran, New Milford, St. Joseph, Twin Lakes, Wayland, Yale.
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Adjacent Counties
- Geauga County (north)
- Trumbull County (east)
- Mahoning County (southeast)
- Stark County (south)
- Summit County (west)
- Cuyahoga County (northwest)