A coin toss was used to decide the name. One of the city's founders was from Maine and the other was from Massachusetts. Boston was the losing name.
The city of Portland, Oregon, has always been called Portland. However, the place where the city was first settled was called "Stumptown" before the settlement.
Portland is the name of major cities in Maine and in Oregon. However, it is not the name of the capital in either of those states (the capitals are: Augusta, Maine and Salem, Oregon). No state in the U.S. has Portland as its capital.
There is a Portland, Oregon and a Portland, Maine.
Portland Oregon is 176 miles from Bend Oregon.
No , University of Oregon is located in Eugene, Oregon. In Portland, Portland State University is located.
It is 323 miles from Enterprise Oregon to Portland Oregon.
It is 153 miles from Yachats Oregon to Portland Oregon.
It is 19.5 miles from Hillsboro Oregon to Portland Oregon.
Molalla Oregon is 32 miles from Portland Oregon.
Beaverton, Oregon is 8.5 miles from Portland, Oregon.
It is 41.1 miles from Portland Oregon to McMinnville Oregon.
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From Dallas, Texas to Portland, Oregon is 2128 miles From Dallas, Oregon to Portland, Oregon is 61.4 miles