Portland got its name when Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove flipped a coin in 1845. Lovejoy was from Massachusetts and he wanted to name the new settlement Boston. Pettygrove was from Maine and wanted to name the new town Portland. Pettygrove won the coin toss two out of three times and the rest as they say is history.
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 41.1 miles from Portland Oregon to McMinnville Oregon.
It is 323 miles from Enterprise Oregon to Portland Oregon.
It is 153 miles from Yachats Oregon to Portland Oregon.
Beaverton, Oregon is 8.5 miles from Portland, Oregon.
Molalla Oregon is 32 miles from Portland Oregon.
It is 19.5 miles from Hillsboro Oregon to Portland Oregon.
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From Dallas, Texas to Portland, Oregon is 2128 miles From Dallas, Oregon to Portland, Oregon is 61.4 miles