Welcome to Orihula ...
Orihula is located in Winnebago County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Orihula, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.
Orihula is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Orihula lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Orihula: 920 & 274<3>
Communities near Orihula ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orihula.
- Oshkosh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fox Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Menasha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- New London
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Waupaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hortonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winneconne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 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 Orihula. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orihula.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orihula. 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 Orihula.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orihula. See our Newspapers Page for Orihula.
Adding Orihula to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Orihula 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 Orihula was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Orihula post office opened in 1865. The Orihula post office closed in 1903.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Orihula.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Winnebago, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orihula - 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 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Orihula area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Orihula area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |