Do you know of New Orange ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about New Orange. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with New Orange.<1>
Our sources for New Orange (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of New Orange other than they indicate that New Orange would be found somewhere in Union County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1899 and closed in 1905.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for New Orange ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about New Orange:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
More Orphans in Union County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Union County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |