Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Ortonville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Ortonville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ortonville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Ortonville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ortonville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for South Dakota (1949)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Ortonville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Ortonville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Ortonville. See our Misc Page for Ortonville for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Ortonville:

Ortonville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Ortonville: www.ortonville.net/

The official website for Big Stone County: www.bigstonecounty.org/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/