Portage County Combined General Health District

Licenses food operations across Portage County — including Ravenna, Aurora, and Streetsboro — with one exception: the City of Kent runs its own health department.

Contact

What to know before you call

  • Kent is the carve-out. If your address is inside Kent city limits, you license through the Kent City Health Department instead.

Municipalities we have mapped to this agency

24 municipalities. Not exhaustive — townships and smaller villages may be missing. Tell us what to add.

Atwater Township · Aurora · Brimfield Township · Charlestown Township · Deerfield Township · Edinburg Township · Franklin Township · Freedom Township · Garrettsville · Hiram Township · Mantua · Mantua Township · Nelson Township · Palmyra Township · Paris Township · Randolph Township · Ravenna · Ravenna Township · Rootstown Township · Shalersville Township · Streetsboro · Suffield Township · Windham · Windham Township

Sources

  1. Ohio Department of Health — Portage County Combined General Health District (notes the City of Kent exception) — checked August 8, 2026

Also licensing in Portage County

Coverage follows municipal lines, not county lines. If your address is not in the list above, one of these is probably yours.

Once you know your agency

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