Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Portland came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Portland in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Portland. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Portland data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Portland:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Portland was listed as Portland Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Portland was listed as Portland Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Portland was listed as Portland Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Portland is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Portland in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Portland for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Portland. See our Misc Page for Portland for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Portland:

Portland was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960)

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)