43°40′02″N 70°14′56″W / 43.667281°N 70.248937°W
Munjoy Hill
Mount Joy (formerly) | |
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    Top: from the Portland Observatory looking northeast on Congress Street; middle top: Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization Hill House in 2010; middle bottom: Portland Observatory c. 1910 bottom: the Munjoy Hill skyline, viewed from the southeast in 2024 | |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Portland, Maine |
| Elevation | 161 ft (49 m) |
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.
The neighborhood became known as "Mount Joy" for a period of the early 19th century, before reverting to "Munjoy".[2]
- ^ "MAINE: Skirmish on Munjoy Hill". Time. October 22, 1951. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010.
- ^ "View of the Whig Pavilion, Mount Joy, Portland, 1837". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved April 22, 2025.