About Portland, Texas

Portland occupies a bluff above Nueces Bay in southeastern San Patricio County, with part of the city extending into Nueces County. John G. Willacy began developing the settlement as a port and farming community around 1890. Its later growth was closely connected to transportation, regional industry, and neighboring Corpus Christi.

  • Early Land SaleA July 1891 sale drew visitors by steamer and special trains, with more than $48,000 in lots sold during the first two days.
  • College and HurricaneBay View College operated in the former town hotel until a 1916 hurricane destroyed it.
  • Municipal IncorporationPortland incorporated in 1949, with Daniel Moore serving as mayor.
  • Population GrowthThe population rose from 12,224 in 1990 to 20,383 in the 2020 census.
  • Rail and WharfPortland once shipped vegetables by rail and briefly handled cotton at its wharf.

Find your street

Names on the Portland map

Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.

Places and landmarks6

  • Portland City Hall
  • Doyle
  • Doyle Addition Colonia
  • Nueces Bayfront Colonia
  • Nueces Bay Colonia
  • Crescent Center

Streets and roads89

  • East Broadway Avenue
  • Broadway Boulevard
  • Moore Avenue
  • Stark Road
  • Sunset Drive
  • Buddy Ganem Drive
  • FM 3239
  • Dallas Street
  • Seventh Avenue
  • Llano Drive
  • FM 893
  • Lang Road
  • FM 2986
  • Wildcat Drive
  • Northshore Boulevard
  • FM 893 Road
  • Floerke Road
  • Country Club Boulevard
  • Akins Drive
  • Cedar Drive
  • Kestrel Lane
  • Georgia Place
  • Seco Drive
  • Olympic Drive
  • Sacramento Street
  • Elm Street
  • Willow Drive
  • Santa Catalina Street
  • Fulton Place
  • Frio Drive
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  • Doyle Drive
  • Fourth Avenue
  • Starlite Drive
  • Mendocino Drive
  • Cupertino Street
  • Escondido Street
  • Chase Drive
  • Dell Street
  • Rice Drive
  • Erie Drive
  • Cr 2004
  • Memorial Parkway
  • Austin Street
  • Railroad Avenue
  • San Saba Drive
  • Gulfton Drive
  • Crosby Street
  • Westwood Drive
  • Poesta Drive
  • Allen Drive
  • Sixth Avenue
  • Fifth Avenue
  • Driftwood Drive
  • Saint Charles Drive
  • Athena Drive
  • Colonial Drive
  • Bayview Boulevard
  • Bay Landing Drive
  • Vishal Avenue
  • Country Place Drive
  • Hewit Place Drive
  • Great Oak Drive
  • Nueces Drive
  • Blanco Drive
  • Lone Oak Street
  • Portland Drive
  • Pecan Drive
  • Jersey Heights
  • Cr 3735
  • Long Point Drive
  • Pinehurst
  • Sabine Drive
  • Palmer Drive
  • Indian Point Pier
  • Eighth Avenue
  • Timber Trail Circle
  • Amethyst Street
  • Ocean Breeze
  • Janin Circle East
  • Second Avenue
  • Hinterland Road
  • Toyah Drive
  • Schendel Road
  • Pine Valley
  • Ann Drive
  • Bayview Drive
  • Acacia Arch Street
  • Bluff Drive
  • FM 1074

Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.

The art of mapping a place

How This Map Was Made

Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.

  1. Aerial imagery of Mendon, Massachusetts, from the USDA NAIP program

    The view from above

    Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.

  2. USGS elevation data rendered as shaded relief of Mendon, Massachusetts

    The shape of the land

    Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.

  3. Closeup of roads, waterways, and buildings on the Mendon, Massachusetts map

    The details of home

    Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.

  4. Finished Mendon, Massachusetts map shown in a black frame

    Geography becomes art

    Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.

Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.

The Details

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A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.

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