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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Orange Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Orange Lake in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Orange Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Orange Lake, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Orange Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Orange Lake is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Orange Lake. See our Misc Page for Orange Lake for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Orange Lake:

The following route mentioned Orange Lake as a scheduled stop:

The Havana Special: From the timetable for the Havana Special (train schedule from 1933). The defunct Havana Special travelled between New York (NY) and Key West (FL)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/