Portage Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,217 people in the township.

Communities

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county on the Marblehead Peninsula, it borders the following townships: Most of the city of Port Clinton, the county seat of Ottawa County, is located northwest of the township.

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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.