Welcome to Ormsby ...

Ormsby is located in Langlade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ormsby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Ormsby is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ormsby: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Ormsby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Ormsby - they are located in Minnesota, Ontario and Pennsylvania (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ormsby.

Communities near Ormsby ...

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

• Antigo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Antigo is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antigo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,719 people
• Aniwa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
• Deerbrook
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
• Kempster
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Kempster is located in Langlade County
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• Neva Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Neva Corners is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neva Corners
• Bryant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bryant is located in Langlade County
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• Dudley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dudley is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
• Elcho
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Elcho is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
• Gleason
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Gleason is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
• Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners

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

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

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

Adding Ormsby to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ormsby post office opened in 1902. The Ormsby post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ormsby.