Portsmouth, Ohio

The flag of Portsmouth, Ohio, is a swallowtail with the same design as the Ohio flag with brightened colours, and the circle and twenty-three stars replaced a depiction of the American flag behind a bridge on the Ohio River, outlined by a white rope. On the top of the depiction are the words "PORTSMOUTH" and "OHIO", and two white stars.
== Symbolism ==
The two stars represent the original Alexandria, Ohio, and the move to higher ground in Portsmouth. This is a move that the Shawnee Indians had made centuries earlier as well. The bridge is the connection between communities but also the bridge to the future as well as the past. The rope and the round shape is in honor of the city's "Beautiful Rivers" (again the two stars), and River Days, and how the city's focus for the future can be enhanced by the river.Portsmouth, Ohio on CRW Flags
== 2022 NAVA survey ==
The flag reached 125th out of 312 on the 2022 NAVA City Flag Survey, with a score of 3.44 / a D+, behind Fayetteville, and ahead of Wendell.
== Former flag ==
The previous flag of Portsmouth, Ohio, is blue and white separated by the state's outline in dark green. Inside the state outline is the city's name, the state its' in, and its' founding, all in white, with a distorted seven-pointed star on the city's location.
== References ==
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