Welcome to Orleans ...Orleans is located in Lincoln County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Orleans, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Orleans is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Orleans lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Orleans: 704 & 980<3> Communities Also Named Orleans ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Orleans - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, South Dakota and Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orleans. Communities near Orleans ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orleans.
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 Orleans. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orleans. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orleans. 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 Orleans. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orleans. See our Newspapers Page for Orleans. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orleans ...Looking for more information about Orleans? 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 Orleans, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orleans. Adding Orleans to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Orleans in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Orleans was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Orleans in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Orleans. Footnotes ...
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