Portage County, Wisconsin, USA

Portage County is a county in central Wisconsin, with Stevens Point as its seat and largest city. It borders Marathon County to the north, Waupaca County to the east, Waushara and Adams counties to the south, and Wood County to the west. The Wisconsin River runs through the county’s main urban area around Stevens Point; elsewhere the county includes rural towns and villages, agricultural land, forests and glacial sand plains. Its administrative area contains the City of Stevens Point but is broader than the city’s municipal jurisdiction. This county record identifies the parent geography of Stevens Point and does not imply that the county government or the whole county was affected by the city’s technology disruption.