Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Portage came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Portage in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Portage. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Portage data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Portage:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)

Utah Place Names
Written by: Van Cott, John W.
Published by the University of Utah Press, 1990
(Available from Amazon.com)

Map from 1890 (unknown title/publisher)

Map from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Portage is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Portage in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Portage for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Portage. See our Misc Page for Portage for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Portage:

Portage was mentioned in the following schedules:

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)

Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)