Chinese-Americans in Portland, Maine

The first Chinese person arrived in 1858 with the Chinatown forming around 1916, mainly lasting until around 1953.

Asians, including some Chinese, have presence in South Portland and Scarborough, and businesses that target Asian and Chinese patrons are found in those cities, especially Costco in Scarborough, the first branch established in Maine.

[2] Aside from Chinese, ethnic Cambodians/Khmer have a community in Portland; over 1,000 Cambodian Americans live in Maine.

Some members of the First Baptist Church's Sunday School went to China as missionaries.

[1] The Maine State Laundrymen's Association formed in January 1903, with more than 100 members, to fix prices and bring laundryman together socially.