Welcome to Portage ...Portage is located in Cambria County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Portage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1842. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Portage has a population of 2,380 people<2> (see below for details). Portage is 1,790 feet [546 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Portage lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Portage: 814 & 582<4> The ZIP code for Portage: 15946<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Portage had an population of 2,380 people. This is a decrease of 9.78% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.11% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Portage had a population of 2,638 people. This makes Portage the county's 6th most populous community. The population of Portage represents 0.02% of the total population of Pennsylvania (which has 12,702,379 people), making it the state's 354th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,638 people, the population of Portage decreased 7.01% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,837 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Portage. 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, Montana, New Brunswick, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, 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. Our list includes 5 papers. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Portage, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Portage. Footnotes ...
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