Place:Portland, Chautauqua, New York, United States

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NamePortland
TypeTown
Coordinates42.367°N 79.467°W
Located inChautauqua, New York, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Portland Evergreen Cemetery ( 1807 - )
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Portland is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 4,366 according to the 2020 census.[1] The town is on the shore of Lake Erie southwest of Dunkirk.

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The area was first settled in 1804. The town of Portland was founded in 1813 from the town of Chautauqua. Subsequently, the town was reduced in size to form two new towns: Ripley (1816) and Westfield (1829).

Portland is the site of an 1872 fatal train wreck.

A genealogical history of Portland was published in 1873 by Dr. H. C. Taylor, titled Historical Sketches of the Town of Portland, New York. An all names index was created for this book by Agnes Lee Mitchell in 1989 and published by the Chautauqua County Genealogical Society.

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  • Outstanding guide to Portland family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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