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Welcome to Orth ...

Orth is located in Itasca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Orth is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Orth: 218

Communities Also Named Orth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orth - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Orth ...

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

  • Blackduck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kelliher
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Northome
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Squaw Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mizpah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Funkley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Funkley is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Shooks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Shooks is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
  • Gemmell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gemmell is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gemmell
  • Langor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Langor is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langor
  • Dora Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orth ...

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

Adding Orth to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Orth post office opened in 1908. The Orth post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orth.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Itasca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orth - 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/