Portland, Oregon with Mt. Hood behind
Portland is the most populous city in the state of Oregon in the United States. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County. As of 2020, Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland/Vancouver/Hillsboro, OR/WA metropolitan statistical area, making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.
Elias and Flora Disney, parents of Walt Disney, lived in Portland since Walt moved to Los Angeles, California. Disney composer George Bruns was also a teacher in the Lewis and Clark College in Portland, and he died in the very city on May 23, 1983.
At the end of the Gravity Falls episode "Soos and the Real Girl", it is revealed that Melody lives in Portland and has to return there after Soos' cousin Reggie's engagement party.
The city is also the main backdrop location of Disney XD's show Crash & Bernstein and Disney Channel's shows Best Friends Whenever and Sydney to the Max.
Films and shows[]
- Gravity Falls (occasionally mentioned)
- Crash & Bernstein
- Austin & Ally (one episode)
- Once Upon a Time
- Best Friends Whenever
- Sydney to the Max
- Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
- Helstrom
Attractions[]
- The Science Behind Pixar (February 23, 2019 - September 2, 2019)
People born in Portland[]
- Chris Bailey
- Wally Boag
- Elisha Henig
- Loren Hoskins
- Rob LaDuca
- Angus MacLane
- Kevin MacLean
- Brent Musburger
- Kaitlin Olson
- Ryan Potter
- Kim Rhodes
- Lloyd Richardson
- Katee Sackhoff
- Sally Struthers
- Kirk Thornton
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