Orland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Orland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Orland is recognized as the first settlement in Steuben County,
populated by migrants from Vermont and originally known as Vermont Settlement. Each year in late July, Orland celebrates this heritage with the Vermont Settlement Festival. Orland was settled in 1834 after a Vermont man named John Stocker had gone prospecting for his family and the families of his neighbors. Stocker chose this particular piece of land because of the rich burr-oak openings he found. Pioneers coming from Windham County, Vermont, arrived shortly thereafter and built a Baptist church. The town established a post office in 1837.
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Start Orland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCharles H. Aldrich: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Orland
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Orland, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Nothing in Orland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Orland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fawn River State Fish Hatchery in Millgrove, 0.8 miles away.
Orland and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Charles H. Aldrich and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.