Port Clinton, Ohio Port Clinton, Ohio Downtown Port Clinton Downtown Port Clinton Location of Port Clinton, Ohio Location of Port Clinton, Ohio Location of Port Clinton in Ottawa County Location of Port Clinton in Ottawa County Port Clinton is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, about 44 miles east of Toledo.
The town/city is known for its annual Walleye Drop, commemorating the new year as well as its fishing and boating industries, the annual National Rifle Matches at neighboring Camp Perry, and its adjacency to a range of vacation destinations (such as the Lake Erie islands, the Cedar Point amusement park and a number of small-town wineries). Port Clinton's transient dockage on the Portage River is a safe harbor for Lake Erie boaters.
Port Clinton is part of the region that is referred to regionally as Vacationland (with includes close-by Sandusky and the Lake Erie Islands) due to the large number of tourists that flock to the region in the summer months. Port Clinton interval slowly.
By 1886, Port Clinton contained three journal offices, four churches, and one bank.
During the twentieth century, Port Clinton's populace continued to grow.
Numerous Port Clinton inhabitants find employment in the tourism industry, operating restaurants, owning antique stores, or providing tourists with lodging in various inns and bed and breakfasts. Port Clinton is positioned at 41 30 35 N 82 56 25 W (41.509857, -82.940156). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.28 square miles (5.91 km2), of which 2.08 square miles (5.39 km2) is territory and 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2) is water. Port Clinton is served by the Port Clinton City School District which operates two elementary schools (Bataan Memorial Elementary), one middle school (Port Clinton Middle), and one high school (Port Clinton High).
The Port Clinton School District has constructed a new middle school and has added expansions to Bataan Memorial. Kennedy School of Government; Putnam interval up in Port Clinton and uses the town/city as a template in his book Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis (Simon & Schuster) to examine shifts in the American economic and civil landscape. Shepard - American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient from Ashtabula County, buried in Lakeview cemetery, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio.
Port Clinton is part of the Sandusky/Lake Erie Islands Vacationland radio market, and is encompassed as part of the Toledo TV market. Canadian radio, such as 89 - X from Windsor, can be received in Port Clinton.
Port Clinton is home to WPCR - Port - Clinton - Radio.com, "Ottawa County's News, Sports, and Weather Authority." Port Clinton is served in print by the Port Clinton News Herald, the city's only daily newspaper, and is also veiled by The Sandusky Register, which is the region's biggest newspaper.
Ohio History - Ohio History Central.org United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
Port Clinton City School District Port Clinton TV listings - AOL.com Port Clinton News Herald Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Port Clinton (Ohio).
Municipalities and communities of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States County seat: Port Clinton Port Clinton
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