Portal is a town in
Bulloch County,
Georgia
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, United States. The population was 638 in 2020.
History
The
Georgia General Assembly
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incorporated Portal as a town in 1914. It is unknown why the name "Portal" was applied to this place.
Geography
Portal is located at (32.537275, -81.931738).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.99%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 597 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population increased to 638, experiencing no population change from 2010.
Notable people
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Brooks Brown (1985-), American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Brown attended Portal High School.
* Dr.
Leila Denmark (1898–2012), pediatrician, author and researcher who blazed trails for women in medicine, and lived to be 114
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Cameron Sheffield (born 1988), American football defensive end who is a member of the
Edmonton Eskimos
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. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the
2010 NFL draft
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.
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Ruby Stone (1924–2013), born in Portal and later moved to Idaho, where she became a politician and was elected as a state legislator.
References
External links
Old Portalhistorical marker
Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemeteryhistorical marker
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Towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
Towns in Bulloch County, Georgia