Do you know of Oran ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oran. 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 Oran.

We found mention of Oran as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Kosciusko County, Indiana.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1857.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Oran ...

We found eight communities that share the name Oran.

Within Indiana, the name Oran is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Hillsborough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Oran [Hillsborough County].
  • Georgia
    • Murray County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Oran [Murray County].
  • Iowa
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Oran [Fayette County].
  • Missouri
    • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Oran [Scott County].
  • New Mexico
    • Otero County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Oran [Otero County].
  • New York
    • Onondaga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Oran [Onondaga County].
  • Ohio
    • Shelby County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Oran [Shelby County].
  • Texas
    • Palo Pinto County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Oran [Palo Pinto County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oran ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Oran:

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

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

More Orphans in  Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko County.