Do you know of Portland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Portland. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Portland.<1>
We found mention of Portland as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Fountain County, Indiana.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1828 and closed in 1868.
Communities Also Named Portland ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Portland.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Portland.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Jay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Portland [Jay County].
- Jay County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Portland [Dallas County].
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Portland [Ashley County].
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Portland [Middlesex County].
- Florida
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Portland [Walton County].
- Georgia
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Portland [Polk County].
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Portland [Franklin County].
- Whiteside County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Portland [Whiteside County].
- Iowa
- Cerro Gordo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Portland [Cerro Gordo County].
- Kansas
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Portland [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Portland [Adair County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Portland [Jefferson County].
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Portland [Pendleton County].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Portland [Cumberland County].
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Portland [Ionia County].
- Missouri
- Callaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Portland [Callaway County].
- New York
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Portland.
- North Dakota
- Traill County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Portland [Traill County].
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Portland [Meigs County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Portland.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Portland [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Portland [Lehigh County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Portland [Northampton County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Portland [Sumner County].
- Texas
- San Patricio County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Portland [San Patricio County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Portland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Portland:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Fountain County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Fountain County.
| Chambersburg | |
| Cole Creek | Palmerton |
| Crossport | Portland Arch |
| Hemlock Lakes | Rynear |
| Hideaway Lake | |
| Hillsborough | Shawnee Prairie |
| Shelby | |
| Independence | Sterling |
| Stevens | |
| Nebekers | Stringtown |
| Newton |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Portland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |