Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Along the southern shoreline of Portage Township


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map_caption = Location of Portage Township in Ottawa County


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

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area_total_km2 = 56.0
area_land_km2 = 23.3
area_water_km2 = 32.7
area_total_sq_mi = 21.6
area_land_sq_mi = 9.0
area_water_sq_mi = 12.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1634
population_density_km2 = 70.1
population_density_sq_mi = 181.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 177
elevation_ft = 581
latd = 41 |latm = 30 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 53 |longs = 54 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-64080GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086763GR|3
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Portage Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,634 people in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39123 Ottawa County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county on the Marblehead Peninsula, it borders the following townships:
*Put-in-Bay Township - north, across Lake Erie
*Catawba Island Township - northeast
*Danbury Township - east
*Margaretta Township, Erie County - south, across Sandusky Bay
*Riley Township, Sandusky County - southwest corner, across Sandusky Bay
*Bay Township - west
*Erie Township - northwest

Most of the city of Port Clinton, the county seat of Ottawa County, is located in the northwestern part of the township, and the unincorporated community of Gypsum lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, other Portage Townships are located in Hancock and Wood 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.

References

External links

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