Maine Places

County · Incorporated · Incorporated as a City · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Prominent Islands · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Census Records · Church Records · Directories · Military Records · Newspapers · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · General Resources · Bibliography 

County

Cumberland County (set off from York County in 1760)

Incorporated

1786 from part of Falmouth

Incorporated as a City

1833

Previous Designations

Machigonne; Casco Neck; Falmouth Neck; Munjoys Neck

Boundary Changes

Part of Westbrook was annexed in 1845

The former city of Deering (set off from Westbrook in 1871, incorporated as a city in 1889) was annexed in 1899

Crotch (Cliff) Island was annexed from Cumberland in 1889

Long Island was set off and incorporated in 1993

Part of Falmouth was annexed in 2002

Prominent Islands

Cliff Island (Crotch Island), Cushing Island (formerly Andrews' Island, Cushing's Island), Great Diamond Island, House Island, Jewell Island (westerly portion), Little Chebeague Island (westerly portion), Little Diamond Island, Peaks Island, Ram Island

Villages, Locations and Settlements

Allen's Corner (or Allens Corner, former post office at North Deering), Back Cove, Bradley's Corner (Bradley Corner), Brighton Corner, Deering, Deering Junction, East Deering, East End, Highlands, Libbytown, Lunts Corner, Mariner (former post office), Morrills Corner (Morrill's Corner, formerly Stevens' Plains, or Stevens Plains), Munjoy Hill, Nasons Corner, North Deering, Oakdale, Old Port, Portland, Riverton, Rosemont, Stroudwater, Trefethen (on Peaks Island), Sagamore Village, Summit View Park, West End, West End Station (former post office), Woodfords (formerly Woodford's Corner)

Adjacent Towns and Townships

Cape Elizabeth, Chebeague Island, Falmouth, Long Island, South Portland, Westbrook

Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Portland

Cemeteries

Selected Inscriptions From the Old Burying Ground (Eastern Cemetery) in Portland

Spirits Alive: Dedicated to the Eastern Cemetery, the oldest historic landscape in Portland, Maine

Census Records

1837 Maine Surplus Revenue Census

Church Records

First Church of Falmouth Marriages, 1750-1753

Marriages at St. Paul's Church in Portland, 1765-1831

Portland, Maine. Abyssinian Church Records, 1835-1876

Members of the Second Parish Church of Portland, 1898

Directories

The Portland Directory & Register [1827] (J. Adams, 1827)

The Portland Reference Book and City Directory for 1850-51 (Portland, Me.: Thurston and Co., 1850)

The Portland Reference Book and City Directory for 1858-59 (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston, Steam Printer, 1858)

The Portland Reference Book and City Directory for 1863-64 (Portland, Me.: Thurston and Co., 1863)

Portland, Maine Directories, 1889-91 [Ancestry.com] — Directory listing of over 65,000 residents of Portland, Maine between 1889 and 1891

1912 Directory of Portland including the city of South Portland and the town of Cape Elizabeth (Portland, Me.: Portland Directory Co., 1912)

Military Records

Portland Privateers in the War of 1812

World War I Soldiers Index: Portland

Newspapers

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

Maine Obituaries: Portland Press Herald

Maine Obituaries: Maine Sunday Telegram

Eastern Argus - 1824-1843 [Newspapers.com]

Portland Sunday Telegram - 1891-1925 [Newspapers.com]

Evening Express - 1887-1991 [Newspapers.com]

Portland Press Herald - 1835-present [Newspapers.com]

Portland Newspapers — at Chronicling America

Maine News Index - A collection of abstracts that cover substantive Maine — or Portland-related articles published in local newspapers and magazines.

Casco Bay Weekly (1988-2004)

Vital Records

Falmouth, Maine, Town Records, Book 1, 1718-1728

Falmouth, Maine, Town Records, Book 2, 1728-1773

Early Birth and Death Records of Falmouth

Early Falmouth Marriage Intentions, A-F

Early Falmouth Marriage Intentions, F-M

Early Falmouth Marriage Intentions, M-S

Early Falmouth Marriage Intentions, S-Y

Portland Marriages, 1804

Intentions of Marriage Recorded in Deering, 1871-1881

Intentions of Marriage Recorded in Deering, 1882-1891

Deering, Maine Marriage Intentions February 13, 1890-February 20, 1892

Miscellaneous Resources

1760 Falmouth Tax Valuation

1924 Portland Tax Records

Maine Town Reports: Portland

A Declaration of the Inhabitants of Scarborough, Falmouth, Black Point, and Casco, 1663

Widows of Portland, 1806

Portland Temperance Petition, 1845

Portland Board of Trade Members, 1887

General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Portland, Cumberland, Maine

Official Website: City of Portland

The Greater Portland Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society

Maine Memory Network: Portland

Maine Memory Network: Cliff Island

Maine Memory Network: Peaks Island

Bibliography

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______, Directory of Portland from Frederick W. Beers' Atlas of Cumberland Co., Maine (New York, N.Y.: F.W. Beers, 1871)

______, The semi-centennial anniversary of the Free Street Baptist Church, Portland, Me. September 26-27, 1886 (Portland, Me.: Brown, Thurston & Co., 1887)

______, History and manual of the Second Parish Church of Portland, Maine : with a list of members (Portland, Me. : Smith & Sales, 1898)

______, Directory of Portland and Vicinity, 1895 (Portland, Me.: The Thurston Print Co., 1895)

______, Directory of Portland, 1904 (Portland, Me., 1904)

______, 1912 Directory of Portland including the city of South Portland and the town of Cape Elizabeth (Portland, Me.: Portland Directory Co., 1912)

______, A book commemorating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Saint Stephen's Church, Portland, Maine: the first Episcopal parish organized in the State of Maine([Portland, Me. : Printwell Printing Co., 1913])

______, Casco Bay Directory, 1924

______, Portland 1925 Directory (1925)

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______, Portland City Guide (Portland, Me.: Forest City Print. Co., 1940)

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