Portsmouth is a city in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. 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 population was 18,252 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Portsmouth micropolitan area.
Midwest
Portsmouth
Scioto County, OH
Population
18,130
Walk Score
79 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$704
Median home value
$91,000
Founded
1803
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Boneyfiddle Commercial Disrict · listed 1979
- Ohio & Erie Canal Southern Descent Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2022
- Second Street Historic District · listed 1983
- Sixth Street Historic District · listed 1988
Notable landmarks
- All Saints Episcopal Church · listed 1982
- Anderson Brothers Department Store · listed 2001
- Bigelow United Methodist Church · listed 1987
- Cunningham-Maier House · listed 1987
- Dole-Darrell House · listed 1987
- Elden House · listed 1987
- Eugene McKinley Memorial Pool · listed 2019
- Evangelical Church of Christ · listed 1987
- Feurt Mounds And Village Site · listed 1973
- Feurt Mounds and Village Site (Boundary Increase) · listed 1975
- First Presbyterian Church · listed 1973
- Fowler Building
- Fowler Property #1
- Fowler Property #2
- General U.S. Grant Bridge · listed 2001
- Gharky, George H., House · listed 1987
- Greenlawn Cemetery Chapel · listed 1980
- Horseshoe Mound · listed 1974
- Hurth Hotel · listed 1983
- Kinney, Aaron, House · listed 1973
- Kinney, Eli, House · listed 1988
- Labold House and Gardens · listed 1987
- Marsh, Joseph, House · listed 1987
- Meyer House · listed 1988
- Newman, William, House · listed 1987
- …and 12 more
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