City of Portland, ME

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Cumberland County. In 2015, the city proper had a population of 66,881, growing exactly 1 percent since the census of 2010. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, more than one-third of Maine's total population. The motto refers to Portland's recoveries from four devastating fires. Portland, Maine was named for the English Isle of Portland and the city of Portland, Oregon was in turn named for Portland, Maine. The peninsula was first permanently settled in 1632 as a fishing and trading village named Casco. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony took over Casco Bay in 1658, the town's name changed again to Falmouth. In 1676, the village was destroyed by the Abenaki during King Philip's War. It was rebuilt. During King William's War, a raiding party of French and Native allies attacked and largely destroyed it again in the Battle of Fort Loyal (1690).