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Welcome to Orleans Four Corners ...

Orleans Four Corners is located in Jefferson County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Orleans Four Corners, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Orleans Four Corners, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

A typical abbreviation for Orleans Four Corners: Orleans Four Cors.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Orleans Four Corners for more information about variations on the name of Orleans Four Corners.

Orleans Four Corners is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Orleans Four Corners lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Orleans Four Corners: (315)

Communities near Orleans Four Corners ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orleans Four Corners.

  • Watertown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Gananoque
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clayton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Black River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Philadelphia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Philadelphia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Philadelphia is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philadelphia <4>
  • Brownville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Alexandria Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexandria Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Bay
    • Alexandria Bay is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,012 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexandria Bay <4>
  • Dexter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Theresa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
    • Theresa is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Antwerp
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orleans Four Corners ...

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

Adding Orleans Four Corners to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orleans Four Corners 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 Orleans Four Corners was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Orleans Four Corners post office opened in 1849.

We also found Orleans Four Corners in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orleans Four Corners.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orleans Four Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orleans Four Corners - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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