South Portland, Maine
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South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-most populous city in the state, incorporated in 1898. At the 2020 census, the city population was 26,498. Known
A South Portland marina overlooking the city of Portland
Liberty ships being built along the waterfront (August 1942)
Long Creek Air Tragedy Memorial.
The Maine Mall circa 2023.
The city of Portland, Maine, is the hub city of a metropolitan area in southern Maine. The region is commonly known as Greater Portland or the Portland metropolitan area. For statistical purposes, the
South Portland, Maine
…Falmouth. Cape Elizabeth, then including what later became South Portland, broke away from Falmouth in 1765. South Portland is a principal city of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan area. South Portland was first colonized in 1630, and it grew to become a small residential community with many farms. The village was raided by natives in…
Clockwise: Portland waterfront, the Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill, the corner of Middle and Exchange Street in the Old Port, Congress Street, the Civil War Memorial in Monument Square, and winter light sculptures in Congress Square Plaza