Orange is an
unincorporated community
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in
Delaware County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
Variant names of Orange were Goodingdale, Orange Station, and Williamsville.
Orange Station was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1852. A post office called Williamsville was established in 1838, the name was changed to Orange Station in 1860, and the post office closed in 1879. A post office called Goodingdale operated from 1898 until 1904.
References
Unincorporated communities in Delaware County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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