BlockPortland, Kentucky
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Louisville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40212. It lies near Sand Island. The Survey maps it on the New Albany quadrangle.
On record in Portland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Firehouse No. 13listed 1981 · 0.5 miles away
Baker-Hawkins Houselisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away
Shawnee High Schoollisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
Squire Earick Houselisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Shawnee Elementary Schoollisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Meek-Miller Houselisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Peaslee-Gaulbert Warehouselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Wrampelmeier Furniture Companylisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Thornburgh Houselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away- Shawnee Neighborhood Historic Districtlisted 2025 · 0.6 miles away
- St. Columba Catholic Campuslisted 2005 · 0.6 miles away
- Portland Properlisted 2006 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1939 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New Albany quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Portland: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Salt/ Clarksville, Ind. | Salt | Plant | ||
| First Street Yard | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Globe Union/ Louisville, Ky. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Pilot Co. Pit | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Atkins Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Louisville Sand&Gravel Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawneeland | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Parkland | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| South Parkland | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Louisville | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Heatherfield | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Shively | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Denis | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| German Town | 5.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501154. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.