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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 .
The 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Portsmouth, Ohio, from August 5 through September 13, 1861. [1] [2] [3] It was mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Joshua Woodrow Sill. Companies were recruited from Southern Ohio.
The Portsmouth Earthworks are a large prehistoric mound complex constructed by the Native American Adena and Ohio Hopewell cultures of eastern North America (100 BCE to 500 CE). [2] The site was one of the largest earthwork ceremonial centers constructed by the Hopewell and is located at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, in present ...
Location of Scioto County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Scioto County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for ...
In the early 21st century, the service industry and healthcare, such as the Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC), is the county's largest employer. Scioto County is home to Ohio's newest state university, Shawnee State University, which enrolls between 3,300 and 4,000 students and grants associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees. Much of the ...
Henry August Lorberg (1856–1943) was an American journalist, entrepreneur, and local historian of Portsmouth and Scioto County, Ohio.He was the son of German immigrants. His father, August Lorberg, (1825–1899), was a tailor in Portsmout
The first Church of the Annunciation of Portsmouth was built in 1844 by Father O. Mealy, on Madison and 3rd Street. However, by 1852, the Catholics of the community needed another parish, and the German Catholics of the area retained the Church of the Annunciation, under the leadership of Father Francis Karge.
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).