Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Portage Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Portage Township in Wood County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Wood

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area_total_km2 = 94.7
area_land_km2 = 94.5
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 36.6
area_land_sq_mi = 36.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1516
population_density_km2 = 16.0
population_density_sq_mi = 41.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 206
elevation_ft = 676
latd = 41 |latm = 17 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 36 |longs = 23 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43451
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-64122GR|2
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Portage Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township, 988 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39173 Wood County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Center Township - north
*Freedom Township - northeast corner
*Montgomery Township - east
*Perry Township - southeast corner
*Bloom Township - south
*Henry Township - southwest corner
*Liberty Township - west
*Plain Township - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Portage Township: part of Jerry City in the south, and part of Portage in the northwest.

Name and history

Statewide, other Portage Townships are located in Hancock and Ottawa Counties.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

The Portage Township House is located at the intersection of Huffman and Mermill Roads.fact|date=July 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.co.wood.oh.us County website]