South Portland is a sextant of

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

and the complement to North Portland, a group of contiguous neighborhoods delimited by geographical boundaries. The region is bounded on the east by the

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and on the west by Southwest Naito Parkway, Southwest View Point Terrace, and

Tryon Creek State Natural Area The Tryon Creek State Natural Area is a state park located primarily in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the only Oregon state park within a major metropolitan area. The park lies between Boones Ferry Road and Terwilliger Bouleva ...

. South Portland includes approximately 10,000 properties in the Collins View and

South Waterfront The South Waterfront is a high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland neighborhood south of downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S. It is one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the Unite ...

neighborhoods, as well as portions of the

Lewis and Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon, the college was relocated to Portland in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & C ...

and

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campuses.

History

Portland City Council approved the split of South Portland from Southwest Portland on June 6, 2018. City officials began installing updated street signs in May 2020, and older signage will be removed in 2025. The

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will be able to use either address system.

References

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