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 Portland
N 33° 26.725 W 096° 08.810
14S E 765226 N 3704309
Texas Historical Marker at the site of the old Portland Congregational Methodist Church, on FM 1552, about nine tenths of a mile east of TX 78, northeast of Bailey. The marker tells about how Portland began and died when the railroad went elsewhere.
Waymark Code: WMV3DC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2017
Views: 2
Marker Number: 8918
Marker Text:
The earliest known settler in the Portland community was Jesse Green London (1843-1875), a native of Missouri and a Confederate veteran who brought his family here in 1873. Other early settlers included members of the Tefteller, Cline, Bell, Henderson, Goin, and Biggerstaff families.
The small farming community boasted several business establishments, including a blacksmith shop and a wood shop by the late 1880s.The six-grade Portland School opened in 1879 and met in a one-room log building until the school district was consolidated with two other area schools in 1898. The grocery store served as a residence and post office as well. Founded at the end of the nineteenth century, the Portland Congregational Methodist Church worshiped in the old log schoolhouse until 1909 when a sanctuary was built at this site.
The opportunity for Portland to grow and prosper was denied when the rail line was laid south of the settlement. Although a few homes and this church building are all that remain of the community, the settlers left a rich heritage for their descendants, many of whom still live in the area. (1984)
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