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Lair Hill, Portland, Oregon

South Portland
Neighborhood
South Portland is located in Portland, Oregon
South Portland
South Portland
Coordinates: 45°29′24″N 122°40′37″W / 45.49°N 122.677°W / 45.49; -122.677Coordinates: 45°29′24″N 122°40′37″W / 45.49°N 122.677°W / 45.49; -122.677
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Country United States
State Oregon
City Portland
Government
 • Association South Portland Neighborhood Association
 • Coalition Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
Area
 • Total 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2)
Population (2000)
 • Total 5,079
 • Density 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Housing
 • No. of households 2904
 • Owner-occupied 1220 households (42%)
 • Renting 1684 households (58%)
Data from PortlandOnline.com

South Portland is a long narrow neighborhood just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, hemmed in between the Willamette River and the West Hills. It stretches from I-405 and the Marquam Bridge on the north, to SW Canby St. and the Sellwood Bridge in the south. The Willamette forms the eastern boundary, and SW Barbur Blvd. most of the western boundary. In addition to Downtown to the north, other bordering neighborhoods are Southwest Hills, Homestead, Hillsdale, and South Burlingame to the west, and Hosford-Abernethy, Brooklyn, and Sellwood-Moreland across the river on the east.

The neighborhood, formerly known as Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill or CTLH, changed its name at a meeting of its neighborhood association on September 6, 2006 to be more concise and inclusive. South Portland was the name of a 19th-century community that overlapped the present day neighborhood.

The neighborhood is a collection of very different areas.


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