Deering Center is a neighborhood in the residential area of Portland, Maine, United States.^[1]

Deering Center 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 (named for Capt. James Deering, horse farmer and early resident of Deering), which separated from Westbrook in 1871. It was incorporated into Portland as Deering Center on March 9, 1899.

Education

Several schools are located in Deering Center:

• Deering High School
• Lincoln Middle School
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School
• Roots N Shoots Nature Based Preschool
• The University of New England's Portland campus (formerly Westbrook College) (Not in Deering Center but borders it to the North)

Notable people

• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith, U.S. Congressman
• John B. Curtis, businessman, chewing gum developer
• Scott Wilson (judge) served on United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit