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History · Orangeville

Orangeville’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Orangeville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Orangeville was founded in 1878 and was originally known as Upper Castle Dale. In 1879, when a post office was established, it was named Orangeville after Orange Seely, the first man called to settle Castle Valley.

Naming the townMine disaster

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Orangeville, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Orangeville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Orangeville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Peter Johansen House in Castle Dale, 2.2 miles away.

Orangeville and the nearest listed places

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Peter Johansen HouseCastle Dale High School ShopPaul C. Christensen HouseJustis Wellington II Seeley HouseCastle Dale SchoolCastle Dale Bridge

Closest to Orangeville

Peter Johansen HouseCastle Dale · Building2.2miCastle Dale High School ShopCastle Dale · Building2.3miPaul C. Christensen HouseCastle Dale · Built 19062.4miJustis Wellington II Seeley HouseCastle Dale · Built 18892.5miCastle Dale SchoolCastle Dale · Built 19072.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Peter Johansen House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Orangeville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Orangeville’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Castle Dale📜 Clawson📜 Huntington📜 Ferron

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