Place:Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States

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NamePortage
TypeCity
Coordinates43.546°N 89.463°W
Located inColumbia, Wisconsin, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Pacific Cemetery
Silver Lake Cemetery
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Portage is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,581 at the 2020 census[1] making it the largest city in Columbia County. The city is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Portage was named for the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a portage between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River, which was recognized by Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet during their discovery of a route to the Mississippi River in 1673. The city's slogan is "Where the North Begins."

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