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Welcome to Orodell ...

So far, we found very little information about Orodell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Orodell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Orodell, please Contact Us.


Orodell would have been located within present day Union County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Orodell, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Orodell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1867.

Time Zone: The area where Orodell was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Orodell once stood is in the (541) and (458)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Orodell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orodell - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near Orodell ...

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

  • Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Elgin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Elgin is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
    • Former names for Elgin:
    • Fish Trap
    • Indian Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
  • Island City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Island City is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
  • Cove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Imbler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hilgard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilgard have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
    • Hilgard is located in Union County
  • Conley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
    • Conley is located in Union County
  • Hot Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
    • Hot Lake is located in Union County
  • Starkey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Orodell to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Orodell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Orodell post office opened in 1867.

We also found Orodell in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orodell.

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.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 Orodell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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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