Editing South Portland, Maine (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse.JPG|thumb|right|Spring Point Ledge Light breakwater under construction (1951)]]

South Portland is bordered by [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] to the north, [[Cape Elizabeth, Maine|Cape Elizabeth]] and [[Scarborough, Maine|Scarborough]] to the south, and [[Westbrook, Maine|Westbrook]] to the west. The city is located at {{Coord|43|37|54|N|70|16|22|W|region:US-ME_type:city(26,000)}}. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|14.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|11.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|2.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

=== Villages and neighborhoods ===
[[Image:Passenger trains and freight trains at Rigby Yard 2005.jpg|thumb|right|A ''[[Downeaster (train)|Downeaster]]'' passenger train and a [[Pan Am Railways]] freight train at Rigby Yard in South Portland, 2005.]]
[[File:Jetblue n763jb pwm 07302009.jpg|thumb|right|[[jetBlue]] airliner at [[Portland International Jetport|PWM]], viewed from the South Portland side of the runway, 2009.]]

As defined by the city's Planning Department in a 2018 neighborhood map,<ref>{{cite web |title=Neighborhood Map |url=https://www.southportland.org/files/5615/3356/0345/City_Neightbohood_Map.jpg |website=City of South Portland |access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref> South Portland comprises the following districts that could be described in some cases as [[Urban village|urban or suburban villages]], listed below in bold; historic neighborhoods are in italics.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Many Villages of South Portland, Maine |last= Eschholz |first= Lori |author2=South Portland Historical Society  |year= 2006 |publisher= South Portland Historical Society |location= South Portland, Maine }}</ref>

* '''Ferry Village'''
** Cushing's Point
* '''Knightville'''
** Mill Creek
* '''Ligonia'''
* '''Pleasantdale'''
** Highland Avenue / Stanwood Park
* '''Skunk Hill'''
** Brick Hill
** [[Cash Corner]]
** Country Gardens
** [[The Maine Mall]]
** Meadowbrook
** Redbank
** Sunset Park
** Thornton Heights
* '''Town House Corner'''
** South Portland Heights
* '''Willard'''
** Loveitt's Field
** Meetinghouse Hill
** [[Willard Beach]]