Oronoque is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Norton County, Kansas
Norton County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Norton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,459. The county was established in 1867 and named for Orloff Norton, captain of Company ...
, United States.
History
Virgil Vogel, in ''Indian Names in Michigan'' refers to Oronoque as a variant spelling of
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...
, the name of a South American river that was adopted with various spellings in other states:
Oronoko Charter Township, Michigan and
Oronoco, Minnesota
Oronoco ( ) is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, along the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River. The population was 1,802 at the 2020 census.
History
The city was named by early settler Dr. Hector Galloway after the Orinoco, a ...
.
Oronoque had a post office from 1885 until 1934.
Lucas Maddy, a native of
Norton County, and the Kansas Cartel named their 2015 album Oronoque
in honor of the former community.
Education
The community is served by
Norton USD 211 public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
Historical details from rootsweb.com
Unincorporated communities in Norton County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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