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Portland is an
Sumner County map
KDOT {{coord, 37, 04, 40, N, 97, 18, 44, W, type:city_region:US-KS_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Portland is an unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 5 miles northeast of South Haven at 1.5 miles north of the intersection of S Hydraulic Rd and U.S. Route 166, next to an abandoned railroad. It is 1.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike
The Kansas Turnpike is a , freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City. It passes through several major Kansas cities, ...
).
History
A post office was opened in Portland in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940. TheKansas Southwestern Railway
The Kansas Southwestern Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was merged into a sister railroad company, the Central Kansas Railway, in 2000. The Central Kansas Railway was later sold to Watco Companies and became the Kansas a ...
previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven.
Education
The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.References
Further reading
External links
Sumner County map
KDOT {{coord, 37, 04, 40, N, 97, 18, 44, W, type:city_region:US-KS_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas