Place:Portage, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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NamePortage
Alt namesPortage Townshipsource: Before 1963
TypeCity
Coordinates42.2°N 85.567°W
Located inKalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Portage Central Cemetery
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Portage is a city in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 46,292 in the 2010 census. It is the smaller of the two main cities included in the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 326,589 as of 2010. Portage is known for its Pharmaceutical manufacturing and celery agriculture. On February 19th 2021, the President of the United States Joe Biden visited Portage to commemorate the production of the Pfizer Vaccine.

In the traditional township numbering for the State of Michigan, Portage Township was T 3 S, R 11 W.

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