Portage, Pennsylvania

Portage, Pennsylvania
Portage, Pennsylvania
	Houses on Gillespie Avenue
	Location of Portage in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
	Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
	Coordinates: 40°23′13″N 78°40′25″W / 40.38694°N 78.67361°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Cambria
Incorporated	1890
Named for	to portage, or to carry a boat or cargo across land between navigable waters
Area
• Total	0.67 sq mi (1.72 km2)
• Land	0.67 sq mi (1.72 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,686 ft (514 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,459
• Density	3,692.19/sq mi (1,426.26/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	15946
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-62048
GNIS feature ID	1215031
Website	portageboro.com

Portage is a borough with home rule status in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Ebensburg and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Altoona. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,638 at the 2010 US census.^[4]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage, Pennsylvania
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^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Portage borough, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.