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Portland is a city primarily located in San Patricio County with some water bodies extending into Nueces County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 20,383 as of the 2020 United States census .
The following are people born in or otherwise closely associated with the city of Portland, Texas. Pages in category "People from Portland, Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Mollie Olgin was a 19-year-old woman murdered on June 22, 2012, in Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas, after she and her girlfriend were attacked and shot.The case garnered national attention and sparked outrage amongst the public, as homophobia was initially suspected to be a motivating factor in the crime.
Gregory-Portland Independent School District is a public school district based in Portland, Texas . In addition to Portland, the district also serves the city of Gregory as well as the census-designated place of Tradewinds. [1] In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]
When Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, the area was stabilized by the presence of U.S. troops under General Zachary Taylor. In 1845, the county was formed (San Patricio is Spanish for Saint Patrick , the primary patron saint of the colonists' home country of Ireland), and Corpus Christi was designated as the county seat.
PGE Boiler #16 in 1988. The utility was founded in 1888 by Parker F. Morey and Edward L. Eastham as Willamette Falls Electric Company. On June 3, 1889, it sent power generated by one of four brush arc light dynamos at Willamette Falls over a 14-mile (23 km) electric power transmission line to Portland, the first US power plant to do so.
Gregory-Portland High School is a 5A secondary school in Portland, Texas and is a part of the Gregory-Portland Independent School District in southeastern San Patricio County. In addition to Portland , the school also serves the city of Gregory as well as the census-designated place of Tradewinds . [ 3 ]
Properties and/or districts are listed in most of Texas's 254 counties. The tables linked below are intended to provide a complete list of properties and districts listed in each county. The locations of National Register properties and districts with latitude and longitude data may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".