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Portsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. [5] Located in southern Ohio 41 miles (66 km) south of Chillicothe , it lies on the north bank of the Ohio River , across from Kentucky and just east of the mouth of the Scioto River .
Map of the Scioto River watershed. The Scioto River (/ s aɪ ˈ oʊ t ə / sy-OH-tə) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles (372 km) in length. [4] It rises in Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, flows south into Appalachian Ohio, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
The three mounds are on the Scioto River, near the Ohio River confluence. [2]William C. Mills in 1917 described the topography, "The immediate location of the mounds and village site is a level plateau of less than five acres in extent, elevated a little more than forty feet above the bottom land into which it projects, promontory like, with steep and very abrupt banks."
The City Council is holding a special meeting — and a site visit to a Durham property — regarding a nearly $8 million water main project.
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PORTSMOUTH — City taxpayers will see a 6.1% increase in tax bills being mailed in the next couple of weeks. Portsmouth's tax rate is $16.13 per $1,000 of property valuation for fiscal year 2024 ...
The Tremper Mound and Works are a Hopewell (100 BCE to 500 CE) earthen enclosure and large, irregularly shaped mound.The site is located in Scioto County, Ohio, about five miles northwest of Portsmouth, Ohio, on the second terrace floodplain overlooking the Scioto River.
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 3,458 people, 1,368 households, and 995 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 728.5 inhabitants per square mile (281.3/km 2).