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Welcome to Portage ...Portage is located in Jo Daviess County<1>. The location of Portage has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Portage, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Portage is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Portage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Portage: (815) & (779)<4> Communities Also Named Portage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Portage - they are located in Alaska, Indiana (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Utah, Washington (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portage. Communities near Portage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Portage.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Portage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Portage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Portage. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Portage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Portage. See our Newspapers Page for Portage. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Portage ...Looking for more information about Portage? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Portage, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Portage. Adding Portage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Portage in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Portage was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Portage. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portage. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Jo Daviess County: www.jodaviess.org/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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