Other Areas and Communities
- Alberta Arts District, an art, retail, and restaurant area in the King, Vernon, and Concordia neighborhoods
- Albina, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891
- The Belmont Area, a retail and residential area in the Buckman, Sunnyside, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods
- Dunthorpe, an affluent unincorporated enclave just beyond the city limits, north of Lake Oswego
- East Portland, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891
- The Hawthorne District, a retail, restaurant, and cultural district running through the Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy, Sunnyside, Richmond, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods
- Maywood Park, a Northeast neighborhood that seceded to become an independent city
- Vanport, a city located in present-day North Portland destroyed by a flood in 1948
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