Directory of Portland Resources

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Portland [Middlesex County] was incorporated from Chatham in 1841 and named from Portland, Dorsetshire, famed for quarries. Its original name was Conway.

Area, 24.9 sq. miles. Population, est., 8,796. Voting Districts, 1. Principal industries, agriculture, manufacture of automatic packaging machinery and corrugated boxes, precision tools, feldspar quarries and milling, rubber and plastic products, fertilizer, petroleum and bituminous product distributors, four boat yards and three golf courses.

Subcategories

• Business and Economy
• Education

Resources in This Category

• Portland Fair

  http://www.portlandfair.com/
  Provides information for future and past events for this Connecticut fair.

• Portland Historical Society

  http://portlandhistsoc.com/
  Organized in 1973. Membership information, publications and events.

• Riverdale Motel

  http://www.riverdale-motel.com/
  47 rooms, smoking and non-smoking, with amenities and complimentary continental breakfast.

• Town of Portland

  http://www.portlandct.org/
  Municipal government and services, historic information, newsletter, and community calendar.

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