Welcome to Orca ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orca, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Orca is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Orca lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Orca: 907

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orca. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orca.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orca. See our Newspapers Page for Orca.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orca ...

Looking for more information about Orca? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Orca, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orca.

Adding Orca to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orca in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Orca was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

X2X - From that list, the Orca post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orca.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orca. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alaska: https://alaska.gov/