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Portage County, Ohio

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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, E...