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Welcome to Portland ...Portland is located in Ouray County<1>. The location of Portland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Portland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. When the people of Portland refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Portlander<3> Portland is 7,260 feet [2,213 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Portland is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Portland lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Portland is located in the (970) area code. Communities Also Named Portland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Portland: This one is located in Ouray County and the other is located in Fremont County. Beyond Colorado, there are 32 communities that are also named Portland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portland. Communities near Portland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Portland.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Portland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Portland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Portland. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Portland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Portland. See our Newspapers Page for Portland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Portland ...Looking for more information about Portland? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Portland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Portland. Adding Portland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Portland in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Portland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Portland in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Portland. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Portland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Ouray County: www.co.ouray.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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