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==History== The first settlement at Portis was made in 1871.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hwy24.org/uploads/2/6/1/8/26189167/28_town_names.pdf | title=Origin of Town Names | publisher=Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance | accessdate=9 April 2018 | pages=2}}</ref> In that year a trading post was established at the site.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n479 489]}}</ref> In 1879, the town was platted with the name of '''Bethany'''. The Central Branch Railroad routed through the city and built a station. Later, the railroad was sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad, becoming the second "Bethany" on their railroad system. To prevent conflicts with [[Bethany, Missouri]], it was decided to change the name of this station. The name was changed to '''Portis''', in honor of the Vice-President of the Missouri Pacific, Thomas Jefferson Portis (born in 1827).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030508193937/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/osborne/osborne-co-p5.html William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas - OSBORNE COUNTY, Part 5.]</ref>
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