Portage County, Ohio

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Trumbull

Namesake: A portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River
Seat: Ravenna (1808–)

Land area: 487 square miles

Population (2020): 161,791

Population (historic): 2,995 (1810); 24,419 (1850); 27,500 (1880); 29,246 (1900); 42,682 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; six villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,670 (14.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,094
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,739

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,406
Average farm size (1920): 53.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, England, and Germany
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Ravenna

Namesake: Ravenna, Italy

Founding: 1805 (post office); 1808 (platting); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,323

Population (historic): 306 (1830); 2,188 (1870); 4,003 (1900); 8,019 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,238 (39.6%)
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