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.
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- Riverdale Motel 47 rooms, smoking and non-smoking, with amenities and complimentary continental breakfast.
- Town of Portland Municipal government and services, historic information, newsletter, and community calendar.
- Portland Fair Provides information for future and past events for this Connecticut fair.
- Portland Historical Society Organized in 1973. Membership information, publications and events.