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573692. Website. www .portlandmaine .gov. Portland ( / ˈpɔːrtlənd / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. [4] The Greater Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people.
Cornelia Dow (1842–1905), philanthropist, temperance activist; born and died in Portland, Maine. Sarah E. Fuller (1838-1913), national president, Woman's Relief Corps; born in Portland, Maine. Nathaniel Gordon, only American slave trader to be tried, convicted, and executed under the Piracy Law of 1820 "for being engaged in the Slave Trade".
Craigslist Inc. Craigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company [5] operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums.
The History of Portland, Maine, begins when Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Məkíhkanək meaning "At the fish hook" in Penobscot [1] [2] and Machigonne (meaning "Great Neck") [3] in Algonquian. The peninsula and surrounding areas was home to members of the Algonquian-speaking Aucocisco branch of the Eastern Abenaki ...
The Western Cemetery, Portland's primary cemetery from 1829 to 1852, is located in the neighborhood as well. Maine Medical Center, Maine's largest hospital and Portland's largest employer, is also located in the West End. Queen Anne's Hospital was established in the West End in 1918.
The Portland–South Portland, Maine, metropolitan statistical area is a region consisting of three counties in Maine, anchored by the city of Portland and the smaller city of South Portland. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 551,740. [1] A larger combined statistical area (CSA), the Portland–Lewiston–South Portland ...
Portland City Hall (Maine) / 43.65930; -70.25730. Portland City Hall is the center of city government in Portland, Maine. The fourth city hall built in Portland, it is located at 389 Congress Street, on a prominent rise, anchoring a cluster of civic buildings at the eastern end of Portland's downtown. The structure was built between 1909 and ...
Port of Portland (Maine) / 43.65; -70.251. The Port of Portland is a seaport located in Portland, Maine. It is the second-largest [3] tonnage seaport in New England as well as one of the largest oil ports on the East Coast (the second-largest prior to 2016 [4] ). It is the primary American port of call for Icelandic shipping company Eimskip.