Do you know of Orono ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Orono. 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 Orono.

Our sources for Orono (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 Orono other than they indicate that Orono would be found somewhere in Edmunds County, South Dakota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1892.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Orono ...

We found four communities that share the name Orono.

Within South Dakota, the name Orono is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maine
    • Penobscot County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Orono [Penobscot County].
  • Michigan
    • Osceola County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orono [Osceola County].
  • Minnesota
    • Hennepin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Orono [Hennepin County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Orono.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Orono ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Orono:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Orono - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Edmunds 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 Edmunds County.