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Orland; town in Glenn County, California, named from the town in Maine. 
Orland; town in Hancock County, Maine, said to have been so named by the first 
settler because of the finding of an oar upon the shore. 
Orlando; city in Orange County, Florida. A Spanish word meaning "seat of 
justice." 
Orleans; parish in Louisiana, township, and city in Harlan County, Nebraska, and 
counties in New York and Virginia, named from the city in France. 
Orleans; town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, named in 1797 for the Duke of 
Orleans, alias Citizen Equal ite, popular for his democratic principles. 
Ormsby; county in Nevada, named for Major Ormsby. 
Orneville; town in Piscataquis County, New York, named for the Hon. Henry 
Orne, of Boston. 
Oro Chino; town in Mariposa County, California, so named because of the Chinese 
employed in the gold placer mines. From the Spanish oro, meaning "gold," 
and chino, "Chinese." 
Orofino; town in Siskiyou County, California, and town in Shoshone County, and 
creek in Idaho, so named by the Spanish because of their gold mines. 
Oroville; town in Butte County, California, so named by the early miners because 
of the gold mines. 
Orphans Island; island in Penobscot County, Maine, so named because it was an 
orphan's share of an estate of the Waldo Patent. 
Orrick; town in Ray County, Missouri, named for John C. Orrick, of St. Louis. 
Orrington; town in Penobscot County, Maine, the name being a misspelling of t In- 
original name of "Orangetown." 
Ortega; town in Santa Barbara County, California. A Spanish word meaning 
' 'grouse. ' ' 
Orville; town in Hamilton County, Nebraska, named for Orville Westcott, a resident. 
Orwigsburg; borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named for Peter Orwig, 
its founder. 
Osage; township and city in Mitchell County, Iowa, named for Orrin Osage, bene- 
factor of the town. 
Osage; counties in Kansas and Missouri, Indian reservation in Oklahoma, and 
many towns, cities, and rivers in the United States. Named from the Wasashi 
(French, Onasage) or Osage Indians. The meaning of the word is unknown. 
Osakis; village in Douglas County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "yellow 
earth. ' ' 
Osawatomie; city in Miami County, Kansas, a combination of the names of the two 
rivers at whose junction the town is situated — Osage and Pottawattomie. 
Osborne; county, and city in same county, in Kansas, named for Vincent B. Osborne, 
of the Second Kansas Cavalry. 
Osceola; town in Mississippi County, Arkansas; counties in Florida, Iowa, and 
Michigan; city in St. Clair County, Missouri; village in Polk County, Nebraska; 
mountain in New Hampshire; towns in Lewis County, New York, and Tioga 
County, Pennsylvania, and village in Polk County, Wisconsin ; also many other 
cities and towns, named either directly or indirectly for the Seminole Indian 
chief. The name refers to a medicine drink used by the tribe in certain cere- 
monies. 
Oscoda; county, and village in Iosco County, in Michigan. An Indian word, said 
by some to mean "fire," by others, "strong prairie." 
Oshawa; village in Nicollet County, Minnesota. An Indian word meaning "ferry 
him over," or "across the river." 
Oskaloosa; cities in Mahaska County, Iowa, and Jefferson County, Kansas, named 
for the wife of the Indian chief Mahaska. 
