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Do you know of Oraomo ???

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

Our sources for Oraomo (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 Oraomo other than they indicate that Oraomo would be found somewhere in Penobscot County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1894.

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oraomo ...

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

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Oraomo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Penobscot 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 Penobscot County.

ArnoldMeadow Brook
 Middletown
BismarkMilford Center
Brewer JunctionMill Creek
Brewer LakeMillonocket Center
Brewer VillageMontague
 Moodys
ChamberlainMorse Corners
ChamberlainsMount Hope
Clifton CornersMount Purchase
CrossunticMyra
  
DabscookNeadeauville
Dexter CenterNealy's Corner
DrewNewport Junction
 North Carmel
East BradfordNorth Hampden
East CorinnaNorth Lee
East LaGrangeNorth Twin
East Lincoln 
East Millinocket CenterOrington
EastvilleOrono Center
Egery's MillOrrington Corner
Enfield Station 
 Pattagumpus
FishersPatten Center
FostersPenobscot Junction
 Pierce's
George's CornerPollard Brook
Grand Falls 
 Sherman
Hall'sSimpson Corners
Hampden CompactSimpson's Corner
Hampden CornerSmith's
Holt MillsSoldiertown
Holt's MillsSouth Etna
Houston'sSouth Hudson
Howes CornersSouth Stetson
Howland CenterSouth Winn
 Spokane
Indian IslandSpratt's Crossing
 Summit
Keag 
 Upper Stillwater
Laing's 
Lincoln CompactVeazie Center
Lincolns Mills 
 West Garland

Footnotes ...

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

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









 

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