Do you know of Orville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Orville. 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 Orville.<1>

We found mention of Orville as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Saginaw County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Orville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Orville.

There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Orville.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Antrim County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orville [Antrim County].
- Mackinac County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orville [Mackinac County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - La Paz County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Orville [La Paz County].
- Kentucky
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Orville [Henry County].
- Louisiana
  - East Feliciana Parish
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Orville [East Feliciana Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Orville.
- North Carolina
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Orville [Mecklenburg County].
- Oregon
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Orville [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Orville [Allegheny County].
- West Virginia
  - Logan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Orville [Logan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Orville ...

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

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Saginaw 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 Saginaw County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Orville 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.