Portland

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Portland is a common name for a city or town that is adjacent to water, and may refer to any of the following locations:

United States

  • Portland, Arkansas, a city of 552, in the Crossett (33 -91) graticule
  • Portland, Colorado, a defunct city
  • Portland, Connecticut, a city of 8,732, near Hartford
  • Portland, a former name for Blue Island, Illinois, a city of 23,463
  • Portland, a former name for Fountain, Indiana
  • Portland, Indiana, a city of 6,437, in the Lima, Ohio
  • Portland, Louisville, a neighborhood and former town in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Portland, Maine, a city of 64,249
  • New Portland, Maine, a city of 782, in the Lewiston, Maine graticule
  • South Portland, Maine, a city of 23,324 adjoining Portland, Maine
  • Portland, Michigan, a city of 3,789, in the Lansing graticule
  • Portland, New York, a city of 5,502, in the Dunkirk (42 -79) graticule
  • Portland, North Dakota, a city of 604, in the Mayville (47 -97) graticule
  • Portland, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the Racine graticule
  • Portland, Oregon, a city of 537,081 (2006)
  • Portland, Pennsylvania, a city of 579, in the Allentown graticule
  • Portland, Tennessee, a city of 8,458, in the Nashville graticule
  • Portland, Texas, a city of 16,420, near Corpus Cristi (27 -97)
  • Portland, Dodge County, Wisconsin, a city of 1,106, in the Fond du Lac graticule
  • Portland, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a city of 686, in the Viroqua (43 -90) graticule

Australia

  • Portland, New South Wales, a small town with a cement works, in the Bathurst (-33 149) graticule
  • Cape Portland, Tasmania, a cape on the north-eastern tip of Tasmania, in the (-40 147) graticule
  • Portland, Victoria, a small regional city and port of 12,000 people, in the (-38 141) graticule.

Canada

  • Portland Estates, Nova Scotia, an area of Halifax
  • Portland, Ontario, a small town north of Kingston, Ontario on Big Rideau Lake
  • Port Lands (also known as Portlands), the eastern part of the Toronto waterfront

China, People's Republic of

  • Portland Street, a prostitution district in Hong Kong

Jamaica

  • Portland, Jamaica, a parish on Jamaica's north-east coast, in what would be the Port Antonio, Jamaica graticule
  • Portland Point, Jamaica's southernmost point, in what would be the May Pen, Jamaica graticule

New Zealand

  • Portland, Northland, a small town south of Whangarei
  • Portland Island, New Zealand, a small island off the Mahia Peninsula, in the Wairoa graticule

United Kingdom

  • The Isle of Portland, a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, in the (deep breath) Yeovil / Weymouth / Dorchester / Ilminster / Crewkerne graticule. The immediate vicinity includes:
    • Borough of Weymouth and Portland, a local government district of Dorset, including the Isle of Portland
    • Portland Bill, the headland at the tip of the Isle of Portland
    • Portland Harbour, a large man-made harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland