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Do you know of Orange Hill ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Orange Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Orange Hill.<1> Our sources for Orange Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Orange Hill other than they indicate that Orange Hill would be found somewhere in Washington County, Florida. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1847 and closed in 1908. Communities Also Named Orange Hill ...We found two communities that share the name Orange Hill. Within Florida, the name Orange Hill is unique. Beyond Florida, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Orange Hill ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Orange Hill: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Orange Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Orange Hill. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 12/52000 (Place Name: Orange Hill) County: Washington (FIPS State/County: 12/133) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Orange Hill) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Washington County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Washington County.
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