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Orleans County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
30historic places
—earliest paper
1825formed
40,343pop. 2020
61cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 30 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Albion, Medina, Clarendon.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Orleans titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 30 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

30 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bacon-Harding FarmGainesDistrict2013
Barlow, William V. N., HouseAlbionBuilding1983
Blood, Jackson, Cobblestone HouseLyndonvilleBuilding2005
Boxwood CemeteryMedinaSite2015
Butterfield Cobblestone HouseHolleyBuilding2010
Childs Historic DistrictChildsDistrict2025
Clarendon Stone StoreClarendonBuilding2012
Cobblestone Historic District NHLChildsDistrict1993
Cobblestone InnOak OrchardBuilding2007
Fancher World War II MemorialMurrayDistrict2022
Gaines District No. 2 Cobblestone SchoolhouseAlbionBuilding2017
Gates, Benjamin Franklin, HouseAlbionBuilding2009
Hillside CemeteryClarendonSite2013
Holley Village Historic DistrictHolleyDistrict2015
Main Street Historic DistrictMedinaDistrict1995
Main Street Historic District Boundary IncreaseMedinaDistrict1997
Medina ArmoryMedinaBuilding1995
Millville CemeteryMillvilleSite2007
Mt. Albion CemeteryAlbionDistrict1976
North Main-Bank Streets Historic DistrictAlbionDistrict1994
Orleans County Courthouse Historic DistrictAlbionDistrict1979
Payjack Chevrolet BuildingMedinaBuilding2012
Servoss HouseMedinaBuilding2008
Shelp, John, Cobblestone HouseMiddleportBuilding2008
Skinner-Tinkham HouseBarre CenterBuilding2004
Stevens-Sommerfeldt HouseClarendonBuilding2015
T.O. Castle and Son General StoreMillvilleBuilding2023
Tousley-Church HouseAlbionBuilding2002
US Post Office-AlbionAlbionBuilding1988
US Post Office-MedinaMedinaBuilding1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Orleans was formed in 1825 (1825-04-15) from Genesee.

ORLEANS created from GENESEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Orleans County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

44k31k18k18301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
17,73225,12728,71730,12830,16428,61927,76029,83234,15938,49644,17140,343

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

61 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 61 of 61 listed
NameLatLon
Annis Cemetery43.23785-78.14966
Barre Center Cemetery43.17872-78.19396
Bates Road Cemetery43.27116-78.37058
Beechwood Cemetery43.34405-78.07433
Boxwood Cemetery43.23338-78.39641
Brown Cemetery43.35166-78.19583
Carlton Cemetery43.34838-78.25113
Christian Cemetery43.21618-78.28411
Daniels Cemetery43.28755-78.39058
East Barre Cemetery43.19666-78.13611
East Shelby Cemetery43.16116-78.30668
Fletcher Chapel Cemetery43.16055-78.37056
Fuller Cemetery43.34644-78.25391
Gaines Cemetery43.2863-78.21381
Glidden Burial Ground43.16441-78.05203
Greenman Cemetery43.32227-78.35511
Greenwood Cemetery43.31775-78.0377
Hageman Farm Cemetery43.20757-78.34922
Hatch Cemetery43.25775-78.0066
Hillside Cemetery43.21595-78.02878
Holy Cross Cemetery43.21366-78.02945
Hulberton Cemetery43.25175-78.06536
Kent Cemetery43.32846-78.13269
Kenyonville Cemetery43.30993-78.28325
Knowlesville Cemetery43.24045-78.30906
Letts Cemetery43.16786-78.40696
Long Bridge Cemetery43.25616-78.28335
Lynhaven Cemetery43.32466-78.3919
Maple Ridge Cemetery43.2085-78.34403
Maplewood Cemetery43.18566-78.0626
Millville Cemetery43.19033-78.32363
Morton Union Cemetery43.32749-77.99807
Mount Albion Cemetery43.24065-78.15739
Mount Pleasant Cemetery43.16267-78.43471
North Ridgeway Cemetery43.29221-78.46222
North Shelby Cemetery43.20866-78.42807
Oak Orchard Cemetery43.2765-78.27586
Oak Orchard Cemetery43.27055-78.33722
Otter Creek Cemetery43.27715-78.26435
Pettinghill Cemetery43.19781-78.08636
Pine Hill Cemetery43.18527-78.26972
Pioneer Cemetery43.22177-78.0666
Robinson Burial Ground43.16394-78.06566
Root Cemetery43.14046-78.0383
Sacred Heart Cemetery43.24248-78.39668
Saint Josephs Cemetery43.24251-78.17203
Saint Marys Cemetery43.23891-78.39659
Sandy Creek Cemetery43.27644-78.06047
Shelby Center Cemetery43.18683-78.39029
Snyder Cemetery43.18555-78.23722
Sprague Cemetery43.24444-78.04611
Standish Cemetery43.27449-78.14917
Swart Culver Cemetery43.16422-78.35752
Tanner Cemetery43.2418-78.15972
Transit Cemetery43.2761-78.11499
Union Cemetery43.26464-78.1926
Waterport Cemetery43.31499-78.25166
Weatherwax Cemetery43.15907-78.43738
West Barre Cemetery43.1536-78.25166
West Ridgeway Cemetery43.2668-78.42038
Yates Center Cemetery43.33666-78.38749

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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