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Munjoy Hill

43°40′02″N 70°14′56″W / 43.667281°N 70.248937°W / 43.667281; -70.248937

From the Portland Observatory looking northeast on Congress Street.

Munjoy Hill is a neighborhood and prominent geographical feature of Portland, Maine. It is located east of downtown and south of East Deering. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the neighborhood had a large Irish and Italian American population.[1]

The neighborhood is named for George Munjoy, who settled near the intersection of Mountfort Street and Fore Street.

Looking northwest across Cumberland Avenue to Back Cove
Looking southeast down Waterville Street toward Casco Bay, with Bug Light and (in the far right-hand corner) Portland Head Light
Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization Hill House in 2010
The Munjoy Hill skyline, viewed from the southeast in 2024
  1. ^ "MAINE: Skirmish on Munjoy Hill". Time. October 22, 1951. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010.

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