History

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. It has an estimated population of 568,380, and has been referred to as the greenest city in the United States. Portland is Oregon's most populous city, and the third most populous city in the Pacific Northwest, after Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington. Approximately two million people live in the Portland metropolitan area (MSA), the 23rd most populous in the United States as of July 2006.

Portland was incorporated in 1851 and is the county seat of Multnomah County. The city extends slightly into Washington County to the west and Clackamas County to the south. It is governed by a commission-based government headed by a mayor and four other commissioners.

Although not known for having a high Metahuman populace, the city of Portland did produce two Metahumans of note. One, was the serial killer known as Dexter DeFarge, who used his powers to find victims to sacrifice to an otherwordly demon. The other was a Special Crimes Unit officer named Jason Praxis. Praxis worked under police chief Drumm and was assigned to the DeFarge murder investigation some time before coming into his own Electrokinetic powers. In the Summer of 1993, Jason Praxis and his partner Deena Walker discovered the remains of a concert pianist named Myla Shrevesy in the woods surrounding Portland. Investigating the case took him all across the state and into another encounter with Dexter DeFarge. ^[1]

Residents

• Jason Praxis
• Chief Drumm
• Deena Walker
• Dexter DeFarge
• Marlus Randone
  

See Also

• Appearances of Portland
• Location Gallery: Portland

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