Portland is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in eastern Lebanon Township

Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio

Lebanon Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,029 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...

, Meigs County

Meigs County, Ohio

Meigs County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,770. Its county seat is Pomeroy, and it is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the 4th Governor of Ohio.-Geography:...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States

United States

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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 45770.

It lies on the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, located below Long Bottom

Long Bottom, Ohio

Long Bottom is an unincorporated community in southern Olive Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45743.It lies on the Ohio River, located below Reedsville and above Portland....

 and above Racine

Racine, Ohio

Racine is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 746 at the 2000 census.Racine is Ohio's closest incorporated village to Buffington Island, the site of Ohio's only battle in the American Civil War....

.

Education

Public education in the community of Portland is provided by the Southern Local School District

Southern Local School District (Meigs County)

The Southern Local School District is a public school district based in Racine, Ohio, United States.The school district includes all of Letart and Sutton townships as well as the central and southern portions of Lebanon Township....

. Campuses serving the community include Southern Elementary School (Grades K-8) and Southern High School

Southern High School (Racine, Ohio)

Southern High School is a public high school in Racing, , Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Southern Local School District...

(Grades 9-12).