Deering Center is a neighborhood in the residential area of Portland

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

, Maine

Maine

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, United States

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Deering Center runs from Brighton Avenue to Forest Avenue to Catherine McAuley High School

Catherine McAuley High School

Catherine McAuley High School of Portland, Maine is an all-girls' college preparatory school that is run by the Sisters of Mercy. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. McAuley is the only single-sex high school in the state of Maine. The school was established by the Sisters of...

 near Wayside Street on Ludlow Street.

History

Formerly known as the town

New England town

The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states. Without a direct counterpart in most other U.S. states, New England towns are conceptually similar to civil townships in other states, but are incorporated, possessing powers like cities in other...

 of Deering, Maine it was incorporated into Portland as Deering Center on March 9, 1899.

Neighborhoods located within the larger neighborhood include North Deering and East Deering.

Education

Several schools are located in Deering Center:

• Deering High School
  Deering High School
  Deering High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district. It is named after the Deering Center neighborhood it serves...
  
  
• Lincoln Middle School
  Lincoln Middle School (Portland, Maine)
  Lincoln Middle School is a middle school in the Deering Center neighborhood of Portland, Maine. The school is located on Stevens Avenue, which has the unusual distinction of having an elementary school, middle school, two high schools, and a college all situated on it. The new principal of the...
  
  
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School
• Catherine McAuley High School
  Catherine McAuley High School
  Catherine McAuley High School of Portland, Maine is an all-girls' college preparatory school that is run by the Sisters of Mercy. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. McAuley is the only single-sex high school in the state of Maine. The school was established by the Sisters of...
  
  
• The University of New England's Portland campus (formerly Westbrook College
  Westbrook College
  Westbrook College was a liberal arts college in Portland, Maine founded 1831 as Westbrook Seminary in Westbrook, Maine. It closed in 1996 and merged with the University of New England, which uses its old campus.-History:...
  
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• Maplewood Montessori School

Notable people

• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith
  Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith
  Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith was elected from the state of Maine to the United States House of Representatives to serve three terms from 1833 to 1839, serving at one point on the US House of Representatives Committee on Commerce.Smith was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New...
  
  , U.S. Congressman
• John B. Curtis
  John B. Curtis
  John Bacon Curtis was an American businessman.-Early life:Curtis attended the normal schools while growing up. He never graduated, but instead worked for the family and others to earn a living. He first was making five dollars a month, which was later increased to six and eventually he worked his...
  
  , businessman, chewing gum developer
• Scott Wilson (judge) served on United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Maine* District of Massachusetts...