South Portland
Situated at the entrance to Portland Harbor, its shipbuilding industries, most notably the famous Liberty Ships, played a critical role in helping the United States win World War II. Today, a marina, residential condominiums and Bug Light Park mark the spot where countless women built the ships and sent them to their rendezvous with history. The area of Knightville has undergone many transformations. It was the home of major shipbuilding activity in World War I. In the late 1990’s, when the Million Dollar Bridge was replaced by the Casco Bay Bridge in the late 1990’s, rerouting traffic out of the Knightville area, many businesses left the neighborhood. Knightville has had yet another re-birth and is now the home of restaurants, single family homes, condominiums and a growing business district of small businesses, cafes and restaurants. South Portland’s waterfront includes marinas, several restaurants and a yacht club.
On the west side of Maine's second largest city is the Portland International Jetport, Fairchild Semiconductor, Texas Instruments and the state's largest indoor shopping center, The Maine Mall. South Portland has one community college, seven elementary schools, two middle schools and a high school, which has frequently won state championships in football, field hockey and instrumental music. The South Portland High School recently completed Phase I of a renovation project that was approved by voters. Additionally in 2013, South Portland voters approved a bond referendum to relocate and build new public services facility at the location of the current Transfer Station on Highland Avenue.
Population: 25,068
Area: 13 sq. miles
City mil rate: (effective rate): $16.50
Median Home Sales Price: $195,000
Median household income: $51,066
Area Information
South Portland City Hall
25 Cottage Rd. South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 767-3201
www.southportland.org
Police/Fire
Police Non-emergency (207) 799-5511
School Dept.
Supt. of Schools
130 Wescott Rd.
South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 871-0555
www.spsd.org
Library
South Portland Public Library
482 Broadway South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 767-7660
www.southportlandlibrary.com
Chamber
South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber of Commerce
www.portlandregion.com
(207) 772-2811
Situated at the entrance to Portland Harbor, its shipbuilding industries, most notably the famous Liberty Ships, played a critical role in helping the United States win World War II. Today, a marina, residential condominiums and Bug Light Park mark the spot where countless women built the ships and sent them to their rendezvous with history. The area of Knightville has undergone many transformations. It was the home of major shipbuilding activity in World War I. In the late 1990’s, when the Million Dollar Bridge was replaced by the Casco Bay Bridge in the late 1990’s, rerouting traffic out of the Knightville area, many businesses left the neighborhood. Knightville has had yet another re-birth and is now the home of restaurants, single family homes, condominiums and a growing business district of small businesses, cafes and restaurants. South Portland’s waterfront includes marinas, several restaurants and a yacht club.
On the west side of Maine's second largest city is the Portland International Jetport, Fairchild Semiconductor, Texas Instruments and the state's largest indoor shopping center, The Maine Mall. South Portland has one community college, seven elementary schools, two middle schools and a high school, which has frequently won state championships in football, field hockey and instrumental music. The South Portland High School recently completed Phase I of a renovation project that was approved by voters. Additionally in 2013, South Portland voters approved a bond referendum to relocate and build new public services facility at the location of the current Transfer Station on Highland Avenue.
Population: 25,068
Area: 13 sq. miles
City mil rate: (effective rate): $16.50
Median Home Sales Price: $195,000
Median household income: $51,066
Area Information
South Portland City Hall
25 Cottage Rd. South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 767-3201
www.southportland.org
Police/Fire
Police Non-emergency (207) 799-5511
School Dept.
Supt. of Schools
130 Wescott Rd.
South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 871-0555
www.spsd.org
Library
South Portland Public Library
482 Broadway South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 767-7660
www.southportlandlibrary.com
Chamber
South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber of Commerce
www.portlandregion.com
(207) 772-2811
Cape Elizabeth
As early as 1529, Cape Elizabeth appears as a nameless headland mapped by a Spanish cartographer.
Seventy-five years later, Samuel de Champlain charted the promontory, but not until 1604, following exploration by John Smith, was the land given its name in honor of Princess Elizabeth, sister of Charles I of England.
Events of the years that followed make an intriguing story: the 1632 establishment of Richmond's Island as a fishing and trading post, the struggles of settlers in small isolated groups as they began fishing and farming, conflicts between immigrants and the region's Native Americans, occasional pirating from the seas, the Revolutionary War...These and other events marked the first 200 years of colonial history in the region.
Originally a part of Portland (named Falmouth at the time), the citizens petitioned for and obtained their own government in 1765, thus including all the area lying south of Portland Harbor and east of the Spurwink River. Commercial and industrial growth in the north end of the town, nearest the harbor (now South Portland), was in sharp contrast to the continuing rural character of the southern tip of the Cape. In 1895, the two sections agreed to separate, and from that date forward the southern end of the original town became the present town of Cape Elizabeth.
The 20th century history of the community has been one of gradual residential growth. The majority of inhabitants now work in the Greater Portland area, and only very few of the working farms still exist. As the town embarks on the 21st century, townspeople recognize the importance of their farming and fishing heritage, and have taken legislative measures to protect and encourage Cape Elizabeth's rural character.
Population: (2010) 9,015
Area: 15 sq. miles
Distance to Portland: 6 miles
City mil rate (effective rate): $17.86
Median Home Sale Price: $267,000
Median household income: $96,918
Per pupil expenditures for 11-12: $12,544
Cape Elizabeth Town Hall
320 Ocean House Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
www.capeelizabeth.com
(207) 799-0881
Police/Fire
Police Non-emergency (207) 767-3323
Fire & Rescue
Non-emergency (207) 799-6409
School Dept.
Supt. of Schools
320 Ocean House Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
www.cape.k12.me.us ....... (207) 799-2217
Library
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 799-1720
Chamber
South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber of Commerce
www.portlandregion.com
(207) 772-2811
As early as 1529, Cape Elizabeth appears as a nameless headland mapped by a Spanish cartographer.
Seventy-five years later, Samuel de Champlain charted the promontory, but not until 1604, following exploration by John Smith, was the land given its name in honor of Princess Elizabeth, sister of Charles I of England.
Events of the years that followed make an intriguing story: the 1632 establishment of Richmond's Island as a fishing and trading post, the struggles of settlers in small isolated groups as they began fishing and farming, conflicts between immigrants and the region's Native Americans, occasional pirating from the seas, the Revolutionary War...These and other events marked the first 200 years of colonial history in the region.
Originally a part of Portland (named Falmouth at the time), the citizens petitioned for and obtained their own government in 1765, thus including all the area lying south of Portland Harbor and east of the Spurwink River. Commercial and industrial growth in the north end of the town, nearest the harbor (now South Portland), was in sharp contrast to the continuing rural character of the southern tip of the Cape. In 1895, the two sections agreed to separate, and from that date forward the southern end of the original town became the present town of Cape Elizabeth.
The 20th century history of the community has been one of gradual residential growth. The majority of inhabitants now work in the Greater Portland area, and only very few of the working farms still exist. As the town embarks on the 21st century, townspeople recognize the importance of their farming and fishing heritage, and have taken legislative measures to protect and encourage Cape Elizabeth's rural character.
Population: (2010) 9,015
Area: 15 sq. miles
Distance to Portland: 6 miles
City mil rate (effective rate): $17.86
Median Home Sale Price: $267,000
Median household income: $96,918
Per pupil expenditures for 11-12: $12,544
Cape Elizabeth Town Hall
320 Ocean House Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
www.capeelizabeth.com
(207) 799-0881
Police/Fire
Police Non-emergency (207) 767-3323
Fire & Rescue
Non-emergency (207) 799-6409
School Dept.
Supt. of Schools
320 Ocean House Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
www.cape.k12.me.us ....... (207) 799-2217
Library
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
(207) 799-1720
Chamber
South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber of Commerce
www.portlandregion.com
(207) 772-2811
