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Portage County

county in Wisconsin, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_wisconsin Q500908
Portage County
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Portage County

Summary

Portage County is a county of Wisconsin[1]. It draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_wisconsin category, ranking #22 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portage County is located in Wisconsin[3].
  • Portage County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Portage County's instance of is recorded as county of Wisconsin[5].
  • Portage County's capital is recorded as Stevens Point[6].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Marathon County[7].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Shawano County[8].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Waupaca County[9].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Waushara County[10].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Adams County[11].
  • Portage County's shares border with is recorded as Wood County[12].
  • Portage Canal is named after Portage County[13].
  • Portage County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Stevens Point[14].
  • Portage County's Commons category is recorded as Portage County, Wisconsin[15].
  • December 7, 1836 marks the founding of Portage County[16].
  • Portage County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.48, 'lon': -89.5}[17].
  • Portage County's official website is recorded as http://www.co.portage.wi.us[18].
  • Portage County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portage County, Wisconsin[19].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70019'}[20].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+69970'}[21].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70144'}[22].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70308'}[23].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70380'}[24].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70408'}[25].
  • Portage County has a population of {'amount': '+70377'}[26].
  • Portage County's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Portage County, Wisconsin[27].

Body

Geography

Portage County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Wisconsin[3].

Physical Characteristics

Portage County covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2131'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+70019'}[20], {'amount': '+69970'}[21], {'amount': '+70144'}[22], {'amount': '+70308'}[23], {'amount': '+70380'}[24], and {'amount': '+70408'}[25].

Designation and Status

Portage County's instance of is recorded as county of Wisconsin[5].

History and Context

December 7, 1836 marks the founding of Portage County[16]. Portage Canal is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Portage County draws 114 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_wisconsin category, ranking #22 of 73).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

United States Wisconsin

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . stevenspoint.com. stevenspoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . stevenspoint.com. stevenspoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . stevenspoint.com. stevenspoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . stevenspoint.com. stevenspoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . stevenspoint.com. stevenspoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11m ago · DontCallMeLateForDinner · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Portage Canal
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P138]]: [[Q7231404]]"
  2. 4w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Portage County, Wis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/Portage County, Wisconsin.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presiden"
  3. 7w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22225136
    Taxonomicon id → 1808433
    Umls cui → C3811316
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q12178928]]"
  4. 20w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Marathon County, Shawano County, Waupaca County +3
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2131'}
    Local thumb → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Wisconsin
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1748]]: C110785, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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