Welcome to Portland ...The city of Portland is located on the Gulf Coast. Portland is primarily located in San Patricio County<1>. A portion of Portland extends into Nueces County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Portland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. When the people of Portland refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Portlander<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Portland has a population of 17,821 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Portland is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Portland lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Portland: 361 The ZIP code for Portland: 78374<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Portland had an population of 17,821 people. This is an increase of 18.03% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 20.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Portland had a population of 15,099 people (which is 23.43% of the total population of San Patricio County). This makes Portland the county's most populous community. The population of Portland represents 0.06% of the population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 162nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 15,099 people, the population of Portland increased 1.83% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 14,827 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Portland. Communities Also Named Portland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Portland - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado (2), 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, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Portland. Websites for Portland ...Official Website: www.portlandtx.com/ 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Portland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 (so far) for Portland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Portland. Footnotes ...
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