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we pass this GPS location for Orange:
42.586868, -72.309403
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We found 29 communities that share the name Orange.
Within Massachusetts, the name Orange is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Franklin County
This Orange is located in Franklin County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Orange.
California
Orange County
This Orange is located in Orange County and lies 2,513 miles [4,044.3 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Orange is located in New Haven County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Orange.
Florida
Liberty County
This Orange is located in Liberty County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Orange.
Georgia
Cherokee County
This Orange is located in Cherokee County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Orange.
Illinois
Clark County
This Orange is located in Clark County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Orange.
Indiana
Fayette County
This Orange is located in Fayette County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Orange.
Iowa
Black Hawk County
This Orange is located in Black Hawk County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Black Hawk County community of Orange.
Kansas
Norton County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Norton County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton County community of Orange.
Sheridan County
This community is historic and although located in Sheridan County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Orange.
Smith County
This community is historic and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Orange.
Michigan
Ionia County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orange [Ionia County].
Mississippi
Franklin County
This Orange is located in Franklin County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Orange.
Jasper County
This Orange is located in Jasper County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km] to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Orange.
Missouri
Lawrence County
This Orange is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,194 miles [1,921.6 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Orange.
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Orange is located in Grafton County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Orange.
New Jersey
Essex County
This Orange is located in Essex County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Orange.
New Mexico
Dona Ana County
This Orange is located in Dona Ana County and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Orange.
Otero County
Although located in Otero County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Orange.
North Carolina
Sampson County
This Orange is located in Sampson County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Orange.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This Orange is located in Coshocton County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Orange.
Cuyahoga County
This Orange is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the west of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Orange.
Delaware County
This Orange is located in Delaware County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Orange.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Orange is located in Luzerne County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Orange.
Texas
Orange County
This Orange is located in Orange County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange.
Vermont
Orange County
This Orange is located in Orange County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange.
Virginia
Orange County
This Orange is located in Orange County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Orange that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange.
West Virginia
Boone County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Orange [Boone County].
Wisconsin
Burnett County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Orange [Burnett County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Baptist Corners (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baptist Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Orange to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orange and extending to:
Greenfield, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Orange to Greenfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,547 miles [8,927 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,258 miles [10,071.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,134 miles [6,653 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orange) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5869, Longitude: -72.3094
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Orange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Orange could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Orange to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.695 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.418 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.022 degrees.