Deering Center, Maine

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Portland, Maine, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} thumb|right|Lincoln Middle School on Stevens Avenue '''Deering Center''' is a neighborhood in the residential area of Portland, Maine, United States.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120713082505/http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=218392&ac=PHnws Painting the town spooky] Portland Press Herald, October 27, 2008</ref> It runs from Brighton Avenue to Forest Avenue to Walton Street, then past Evergreen Cemetery, near Wayside Street on Ludlow Street.

==History== Formerly known as the town of Deering, Maine, which separated from Westbrook in 1871. It was incorporated into Portland as Deering Center on March 9, 1899.

== Etymology == Deering Center is named for Captain James Deering, horse farmer and early resident of the neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.oshermaps.org/sites/default/files/Deering%20Oaks%20Presentation.pdf "Mapping Deering Oaks Activity"] – Osher Maps</ref>

== Education == Several schools are located in Deering Center:

* Deering High School * Lincoln Middle School * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School

==Notable people== *Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, U.S. Congressman *Scott Wilson, served on United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Category:Neighborhoods in Portland, Maine