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Welcome to Oreapolis ...

Oreapolis is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oreapolis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

Oreapolis is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oreapolis: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Oreapolis ...

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

  • Omaha
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Omaha is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
    • Omaha has also been known as:
    • Omaha City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <4>
  • Council Bluffs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bellevue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Papillion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • La Vista
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ralston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Plattsmouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gretna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Carter Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Carter Lake is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,793 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carter Lake <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oreapolis ...

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

Adding Oreapolis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oreapolis 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 Oreapolis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oreapolis post office opened in 1859. The Oreapolis post office closed in 1864.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oreapolis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oreapolis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Oreapolis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Oreapolis area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/