Welcome to Orelia ...

Orelia is located on the South Texas Plains.

Orelia is located in Frio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orelia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Orelia is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Orelia: 830

Communities near Orelia ...

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

• Dilley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dilley is located in Frio County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,527 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dilley <3>
• Charlotte
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlotte is located in Atascosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,909 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <3>
• Hindes
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hindes is located in Atascosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hindes
• Davis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis is located in Atascosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
• Zella
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Zella is located in McMullen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zella
• Fowlerton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fowlerton is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowlerton <3>
• Los Angeles
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Los Angeles is located in La Salle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Angeles <3>
• Crown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Crown is located in Atascosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
• Derby
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Derby is located in Frio County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
  • Derby has also been known as:
  • Derby Colonia
• Dobrowolski
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dobrowolski is located in Atascosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobrowolski

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orelia ...

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

Adding Orelia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orelia in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Orelia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Orelia post office opened in 1900. The Orelia post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orelia.