City Directories

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City Directories can be very useful in tracking folks in cities. Articles about how city directories can be useful in genealogical research can be read here.

City Directories for Portland were first published in the year 1862, and have continued since then. In only a few years no directories were published, most notably in the 1940s, where 1945 through 1949 saw no directories published.

Portland City Directories can be found at various repositories, including Multnomah County Library, Oregon Historical Society, Genealogical Forum of Oregon, and are available on microfilm through the Family History Library System.

City Directories use a number of abbreviations, and the listings here are as published. For an explanation of abbreviations, visit this page.

Portland City Directories exist for the following years:

1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869
1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877
1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893
1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899-1900	1901-02	1903
1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
1920	1921	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928
1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1943-44	1950	1951
1952	1953-54	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968
1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
1977	1978	1979	1980-81	1982	1983	1985	1987

1937 Pittmon's Portland New Official Guide and Map

This page was last updated Thursday, 15 March 2007