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Welcome to New Portage ...

New Portage is located in Summit County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Portage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823.

A typical abbreviation for New Portage: New Ptge. (or less commonly used: New Ptg.)

New Portage is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for New Portage: 330 & 234<3>

Communities near New Portage ...

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

  • Akron
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Akron is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195,994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Akron <4>
  • Canton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuyahoga Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brunswick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Stow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stow is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stow <4>
  • Massillon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kent is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,319 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
  • Medina
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Green is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green <4>
  • Wadsworth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Portage ...

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

Adding New Portage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Portage in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Portage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Portage post office opened in 1823. The New Portage post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Portage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Summit, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Portage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the New Portage area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the New Portage area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/