Portage County (Ohio, USA)

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Portage County, Ohio, south of Cleveland, was formed from Trumbull County in 1807. It is so named from the old Indian portage path seven miles long between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. It is the home of the flourishing Plainview Men­nonite Church located between Kent and Aurora.


Author(s) John S Umble
Date Published 1959

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Umble, John S. "Portage County (Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Portage_County_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=84124.

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Umble, John S. (1959). Portage County (Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Portage_County_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=84124.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 204. All rights reserved.


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