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Portland, Texas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Corpus Christi. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the south of Portland and has a population of 277,454 people.<1>

The next largest community is Kingsville. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the southwest of Portland and has a population of 25,575 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alice   W46 mi [74 km]19,7974.14% increase
 Aransas Pass   E12 mi [19.31 km]8,8108.26% increase
 Beeville   NW44 mi [70.8 km]12,6823.4% decrease
 Bishop   SW35 mi [56.3 km]3,1395.02% decrease
 Gregory   NE3 mi [4.83 km]2,2005.09% decrease
 Ingleside   E7 mi [11.27 km]9,0393.72% decrease
 Mathis   NW33 mi [53.1 km]5,2955.18% increase
 Odem   W16 mi [25.75 km]2,5251.04% increase
 Port Aransas   E15 mi [24.14 km]3,84214.01% increase
 Refugio   N29 mi [46.67 km]2,7177.62% decrease
 Robstown   W21 mi [33.8 km]12,1794.31% decrease
 Rockport   NE20 mi [32.19 km]9,81032.84% increase
 Sinton   NW15 mi [24.14 km]5,3545.67% decrease
 Taft   NW7 mi [11.27 km]3,3391.68% decrease
 Woodsboro   N24 mi [38.62 km]1,5746.59% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bayside   NE16 mi [25.75 km]3541.67% decrease
 Copano Village   NE21 mi [33.8 km]---
 Del Sol-Loma Linda   NW14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Doyle   WLess than 2 mi---
 Edroy   W22 mi [35.41 km]---
 Fulton   NE21 mi [33.8 km]1,6536.44% increase
 Ingleside-On-the-Bay   SE7 mi [11.27 km]6853.95% increase
 Morgan Farm Area   NW16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Petronila   SW23 mi [37.01 km]794.82% decrease
 Rancho Chico   NW14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Saint Paul   NW20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Spring Garden-Terra Verde   W25 mi [40.23 km]---
 Taft Southwest   NW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Tierra Grande   SW20 mi [32.19 km]---
 Tradewinds   NE8 mi [12.87 km]---

Nueces County

Portland is primarily located in Nueces County. A portion of Portland extends into San Patricio County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nueces: Jim Wells, Kleberg and San Patricio.

While not sharing a border with Nueces, the following counties are close to Portland: Aransas, Refugio and Bee.

Below are counties that are near Portland (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Portland:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Portland
 Aransas County   EAransas Pass12 miles [19 km]
 Bee County   NWPapalote26 miles [41 km]
 Goliad County   NO'Donnell Place39 miles [62 km]
 Jim Wells County   WKnolle31 miles [49 km]
 Kleberg County   SCorpus Christi10 miles [16 km]
 Live Oak County   NWArgenta37 miles [59 km]
 Refugio County   NEBayside16 miles [25 km]
 San Patricio County   SECrescent Center0 miles [0 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Portland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Portland? Please visit the Map Page for Portland.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Portland.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Portland and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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