Welcome to Orion ...Orion is located in Grant County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Orion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. Orion is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Orion lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Orion ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Orion - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orion. Communities near Orion ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orion.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orion. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orion. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orion. See our Newspapers Page for Orion. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orion ...Looking for more information about Orion? 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 Orion, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orion. Adding Orion to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Orion 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 (so far) for Orion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Orion. Footnotes ...
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