Orson 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
Harrison County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Iowa
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.
History
Orson was laid out in 1899 when the railroad was extended to that point.
The community was named for Orson Pratt Edmonds. A post office was established at Orson in 1900, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.
Orson's population in 1925 was 35.
References
Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
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