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Welcome to Portage ...

Portage is located in Cascade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Portage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Portage is 3,380 feet [1,030 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Portage is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Portage lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Portage: 406

Communities Also Named Portage ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Portage - they are located in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, 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.

  • Great Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Floweree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Black Eagle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Countryside Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
  • Highwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tunis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tunis is located in Chouteau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
  • Manchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Manchester is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Sand Coulee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sun Prairie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie

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 (so far) for Portage was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Portage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Cascade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around 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.