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Welcome to South Orange ...

South Orange is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Orange, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1841.

A typical abbreviation for South Orange: S. Orange

South Orange is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: South Orange lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for South Orange: 973 & 862<3>

The ZIP code for South Orange: 07079<4>

Communities Also Named South Orange ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named South Orange - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near South Orange ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Orange ...

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

Adding South Orange to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the South Orange post office opened in 1841.

We also found South Orange in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for South Orange.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around South Orange - 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 973 code has been Overlayed with the 862 area code. New phone numbers in the South Orange area will be assigned with one of these codes: 973 or 862. As a result, placing a call in the South Orange area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as South Orange). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether South Orange or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/