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Welcome to The Portage ...

The Portage is located in Hamilton County<1>.

The Portage is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: The Portage lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named The Portage ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named The Portage: This one is located in Hamilton County and the other is located in Porter County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 22 communities that are also named The Portage - they are located in Alaska, Illinois, 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 The Portage.

Communities near The Portage ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near The Portage.

  • Indianapolis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carmel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Carmel is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,643 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmel <3>
  • Noblesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Anderson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawrence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Zionsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Warsaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Warsaw is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warsaw <3>
  • Beech Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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 The Portage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for The Portage.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of The 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 The Portage.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around The Portage. See our Newspapers Page for The Portage.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for The Portage ...

Looking for more information about The 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 The Portage, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for The Portage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around The Portage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.