PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, OTTAWA COUNTY, OHIO

'Portage Township' is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,634 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county on the Marblehead Peninsula, it borders the following townships:

★ Put-in-Bay Township - north, across Lake Erie

★ Catawba Island Township - northeast

★ Danbury Township - east

★ Margaretta Township, Erie County - south, across Sandusky Bay

★ Riley Township, Sandusky County - southwest corner, across Sandusky Bay

★ Bay Township - west

★ Erie Township - northwest
Most of the city of Port Clinton, the county seat of Ottawa County, is located in the northwestern part of the township, and the unincorporated community of Gypsum lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, other Portage Townships are located in Hancock and Wood Counties.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Ottawa County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website