Orton (Alberta) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Orton ...

We found nine communities that share the name Orton.

Within Alberta, the name Orton is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, one is located in Canada and the other eight communities are located in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Little River County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Orton [Little River County].
- Iowa
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Orton [Harrison County].
- Kansas
  - Seward County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Orton [Seward County].
- Massachusetts
  - Bristol County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Orton [Bristol County].
- North Carolina
  - Columbus County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Orton [Columbus County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Orton.
- South Dakota
  - Stanley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Orton [Stanley County].
- Utah
  - Garfield County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Orton [Garfield County].
- West Virginia
  - Gilmer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Orton [Gilmer County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Orton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.