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Welcome to North Orwell ...

North Orwell is located in Bradford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Orwell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

A typical abbreviation for North Orwell: N. Orwell

North Orwell is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for North Orwell: 570 & 272<3>

Communities Also Named North Orwell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Orwell - it's located in Vermont.

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

Communities near North Orwell ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Orwell ...

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

Adding North Orwell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Orwell 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 (so far) for North Orwell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the North Orwell post office opened in 1833. The North Orwell post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Orwell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bradford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Orwell - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the North Orwell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the North Orwell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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