Portsmouth | Ohio River, Scioto County, History | Britannica
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WEBPortsmouth, city, seat (1816) of Scioto county, southern Ohio, U.S. Portsmouth lies along the Ohio River at the mouth of the Scioto River, about 90 miles (145 km) south of Columbus. It was founded in 1803 by Maj. Henry Massie, a land speculator, who named the place for Portsmouth, N.H., hometown of.
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