Do you know of Orr ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Orr. 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 Orr.
We found mention of Orr as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harris County, Texas.
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.
Communities Also Named Orr ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Orr.
Within Texas, the name Orr is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Orr [Mississippi County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Orr [Anderson County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Orr [Lawrence County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Orr [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Orr [Saginaw County].
- Minnesota
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Orr [Jackson County].
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Orr [Saint Louis County].
- North Dakota
- Grand Forks County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Orr [Grand Forks County].
- Oklahoma
- Love County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Orr [Love County].
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Orr ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Orr:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Orr.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 48/54276 (Place Name: Orr)
County: Harris (FIPS State/County: 48/201)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Orr) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Harris County ...
Can you help?
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 Harris County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Orr could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |