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Portland is an unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 5 miles northeast of South Haven at 1.5 miles north of the intersection of S Hydraulic Rd and U.S. Route 166, next to an abandoned railroad. It is 1.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike).

History

A post office was opened in Portland in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.

The Kansas Southwestern Railway previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven.

Education

The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.

References

1. "Portland, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

Further reading

External links

• Sumner County map, KDOT

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sumner County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Wellington
Cities	Argonia Belle Plaine Caldwell Conway Springs Geuda Springs‡ Hunnewell Mayfield Milan Mulvane‡ Oxford South Haven Wellington
CDPs	Milton Peck‡
Unincorporated communities	Adamsville Anson Ashton Cicero Corbin Dalton Drury Millerton Perth Portland Riverdale Rome Suppesville Zyba
Ghost town	Ewell
Townships	Avon Belle Plaine Bluff Caldwell Chikaskia Conway Creek Dixon Downs Eden Falls Gore Greene Guelph Harmon Illinois Jackson London Morris Osborne Oxford Palestine Ryan Seventy Six South Haven Springdale Sumner Valverde Walton Wellington
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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37°04′40″N 97°18′44″W / 37.07778°N 97.31222°W / 37.07778; -97.31222

• Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Kansas
• Unincorporated communities in Kansas