Welcome to Ortello ...
So far, we found very little information about Ortello. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ortello to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ortello - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ortello, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Ortello , we believe that it would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Ortello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
Time Zone: The area where Ortello was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Ortello was located: 308
Adding Ortello to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ortello was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
X2X - From that list, the Ortello post office opened in 1884.
We also found Ortello on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ortello.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ortello, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |