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Welcome to Orr ...

Orr is located in Grand Forks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Orr is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Orr: 701

Communities Also Named Orr ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Orr - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado (2), Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Orr ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orr. 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 Orr.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orr ...

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

Adding Orr to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Orr post office opened in 1885. The Orr post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orr.

Footnotes ...

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