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Welcome to Orla ...

Orla is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Orla is located in Laclede County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Orla is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Orla: 417

Communities Also Named Orla ...

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

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

Communities near Orla ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Conway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hartville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Niangua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Phillipsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Plato
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oakland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oakland is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Competition
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Competition is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Competition
  • Grovespring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rader
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rader is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rader

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orla. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orla.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orla ...

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

Adding Orla to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Orla post office opened in 1880. The Orla post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orla.

Footnotes ...

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