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Welcome to Ortonville ...

Ortonville is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ortonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Ortonville is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ortonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ortonville: 515

Communities Also Named Ortonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Ortonville - they are located in California, Michigan, Minnesota and New Brunswick.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ortonville.

Communities near Ortonville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ortonville.

  • Des Moines
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • West Des Moines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Urbandale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Waukee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Johnston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Clive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Grimes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwalk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Perry
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Adel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Adel is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adel <3>

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 Ortonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ortonville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ortonville. 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 Ortonville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ortonville ...

Looking for more information about Ortonville? 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 Ortonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ortonville.

Adding Ortonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ortonville 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 Ortonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ortonville post office opened in 1881. The Ortonville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ortonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ortonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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