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Portland (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 070 15 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -70.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in SW Maine on Casco Bay; state's largest city; decimated by Indians in 1637 and in 1690; during American Revolution British destroyed city in 1775; Enterprise & Boxer naval battle took place here during War of 1812; birthplace of poet Longfellow. |
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| Portland (preferred,C,V)
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| Falmouth (H,V)
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............ | from 1632 until independently incorporated in 1786 |
| Machigonne (H,O)
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| Indigreat (H,V)
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| Elbow (H,V)
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| The Neck (H,V)
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| Casco (H,V)
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Maine (state) (P) |
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Portland (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1632 by Englishmen Richard Tucker & George Cleeve, incorporated as city in 1832 |
| city (C) |
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since 1832 |
| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for pulp, paper, canned goods, textiles, lumber, chemicals, fishing, printing & footwear |
| industrial center (C) |
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for machinery, shipbuilding & metal goods |
| educational center (C) |
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includes University of Maine at Portland-Gorham & Westbrook College |
| cultural center (C) |
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site of museums, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home, Tate House, & Portland Headlight lighthouse, ordered by George Washington |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes Two Lights & Crescent Beach state parks & hilly peninsulas which overlook Casco Bay & islands |
| capital (H) |
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of state from 1820 to 1832 |
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