Portsmouth, Ohio
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Portsmouth is a city in Scioto County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located in southern Ohio 41 miles south of Chillicothe, it lies on the north bank of the Ohio River, across from Kentuc
Downtown Portsmouth looking north from U.S. Grant Bridge
The steamer Bonanza in Portsmouth during the 1884 flood
Aerial view of downtown Portsmouth
A painting of the confluence of the Ohio and Scioto rivers, showing the dissected plateau terrain and the Carl D. Perkins Bridge.
Portsmouth Spartans
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The Portsmouth Spartans were a professional American football team that played in Portsmouth, Ohio, from their founding in 1928 to their relocation to Detroit in 1934. Originally drawing players from
Portsmouth, Ohio
…to the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant program to preserve Spartan Municipal Stadium. The stadium opened in 1930 as the original home of the Portsmouth Spartans, now the fifth-oldest active franchise in the National Football League (as the Detroit Lions). In November 2016, the city won a $25,000 State Farm…
The Spartans' home field in 2008, now known as Spartan Municipal Stadium.