Welcome to Orpha ...Orpha is located in Converse County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Orpha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918. Orpha is 4,910 feet [1,497 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Orpha is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Orpha lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Orpha: 307 Communities Also Named Orpha ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orpha - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orpha. Communities near Orpha ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Orpha.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orpha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orpha. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orpha. 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 Orpha. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orpha. See our Newspapers Page for Orpha. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orpha ...Looking for more information about Orpha? 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 Orpha, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orpha. Adding Orpha to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Orpha 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 Orpha was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Orpha. Footnotes ...
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