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History · Orland Township

Orland Township’s post office opened in 1882

Most of Orland Township was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1968 on.

1882first post office
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How Orland Township began

When was Orland Township founded?

1882

The Orland Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Orland (1882), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 83144 years
Founding year: the first Orland Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Orland Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Orland Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orland Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Orland Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Orland Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Its first post office opened in 1882. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 93 to 83 (-11%).

Timeline

Orland Township, 1882 to 1968

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Orland post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Orland post office closes
  5. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Orland Township on the map, 1968 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Orland Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Orland Township on the 1968 USGS mapOrland Township on the 1985 USGS map1968Lake Herman sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Orland Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Orland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Orland
1cemetery inside Orland Township
Saint Peter Lutheran

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Clarno TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRamsey TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHerman Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Orland Township’s history

What year was Orland Township founded?

The Orland Township post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.