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Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. [4]
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The Portland–Lewiston–South Portland Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in Maine. The statistical area includes two metropolitan statistical areas . [ 5 ] As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 591,361 (a July 1, 2009, estimate placed the population at 623,365).
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.
Portland became United States Navy destroyer base Sail during the Battle of the Atlantic. [53] Victoria Mansion museum opens. Portland street car system dismantled. [27] 1942 - Battery Steele built. 1944 - A-26 Invader crash near Portland airport was Maine's worst aircraft accident. [54] 1946 - Baxter Woods municipal forest established. [55]
The Spring Street Historic District encompasses surviving elements of the 19th-century commercial and surviving residential areas of Portland, Maine.Encompassing a portion of the city's Arts District and an eastern portion of its West End, the district has a significant concentration of residential and commercial buildings that survived the city's devastating 1866 fire.
Harbor Fish Market is a prominent and historic fish market in the Old Port of Portland, Maine, United States. [1] [2] It was established in the late 19th century in the city's working waterfront, and is still doing business out of its original home at 9 Custom House Wharf, [3] [4] which was owned by the same family between circa 1807 and 2022. [2]