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Welcome to Orysa ...

Orysa is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orysa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Orysa is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Orysa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Orysa and travel south, you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Orysa: 731

Websites for Orysa ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Orysa, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Orysa ...

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

  • Clopton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Brownsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Covington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Mount Carmel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
  • Brighton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Daniels Point Landing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
  • Halls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Mason
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bradford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bradford is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orysa ...

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

Adding Orysa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orysa 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 Orysa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Orysa post office opened in 1883. The Orysa post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orysa.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orysa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/