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| | Portage County, Ohio |
 | | Franklin, the township in which Kent now is, comprising 16,000 acres in 1798, was bought for twelve and a half cents an acre, or $2,000, by Aaron OLMSTEAD, of Hartford, Conn. |
 | | PORTAGE COUNTY was formed from Trumbull, June 7, 1807; all that part of the Reserve west of the Cuyahoga and south of the townships numbered five was also annexed as part of the county, and the temporary seat of justice appointed at the house of Benjamin TAPPAN. |
 | | Population of Portage in 1820 was 10,093; 1830, 18,792; 1.840, 23,107; 1860, 24,208; 1880, 27,500 of whom 19,940 were born in Ohio; 1,476, Pennsylvania; 1,115, New York; 112, Indiana; 81, Virginia; 24, Kentucky; 918, England and Wales; 750, German Empire; 561, Ireland; 165, British America; 104, Scotland; 46, France, and 22, Norway and Sweden. |
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