Portland, Georgia

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Portland is an unincorporated community in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]

Polk County, Georgia County in the United States

Polk County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,475. The county seat is Cedartown. The county was created on December 20, 1851 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and named after James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the United States.

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History

A post office called Portland was established in 1911, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1929. [2] The community was named after the local Southern States Portland Cement Company, a manufacturer of Portland cement. [3]

Portland cement binder used as basic ingredient of concrete

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use around the world as a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco, and non-specialty grout. It was developed from other types of hydraulic lime in England in the mid 19th century, and usually originates from limestone. It is a fine powder, produced by heating limestone and clay minerals in a kiln to form clinker, grinding the clinker, and adding 2 to 3 percent of gypsum. Several types of Portland cement are available. The most common, called ordinary Portland cement (OPC), is grey, but white Portland cement is also available. Its name is derived from its similarity to Portland stone which was quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. It was named by Joseph Aspdin who obtained a patent for it in 1824. However, his son William Aspdin is regarded as the inventor of "modern" Portland cement due to his developments in the 1840s.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portland, Georgia
  2. ↑ "Polk County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Polk County". Calhoun Times. 1 September 2004. p. 101. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

Coordinates: 34°03′26″N85°02′11″W / 34.05722°N 85.03639°W / 34.05722; -85.03639

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.


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