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Orleans was first settled in 1693 by Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony who were dissatisfied with the poor soil and small tracts of land granted to them. Originally the southern parish of neighboring Eastham, Orleans was officially incorporated in 1797. Orleans was named in honor of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, in recognition of France's support for the 13 colonies during the American Revolution, and because the town did not want an English name, as they had been captured twice by the British during the war. kids.kiddle.co
Orleans includes: Barley Neck, Namequoit, Namskaket, Pocket, Portnomequot, Rock Harbor and Tonset.
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- 1693 - Orleans is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1797 - Orleans is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Orleans
Orleans, Massachusetts
Barnstable county. Orleans was taken from Eastham in 1797. It extends across a narrow part of Cape Cod, and is indented with coves and creeks on both sides. Stage harbor opens on the east through Chatham and Nauset beaches, which extend along the coast:—between which and the ...Read MORE... - 1845 - ORLEANS. [Pop. 1,974. Inc. 1797.]
Orleans was formerly the south part of Eastham.
The town is very irregularly shaped, has a small harbor on Massachusetts Bay, and an agreeable arm of the sea, called Pleasant Bay, at the southeast.
The soil is sandy and barren, and the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries, and ...Read MORE... - 1854 - Orleans
Orleans, a post-township in Barnstable co., Massachusetts, 77 miles S. E. by E. from Boston. Population, 1848.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - Orleans Massachusetts, 1890
Orleans is a farming, fishing and manufacturing town in the outer line of Cape Cod, in Barnstable County, 94 miles from Boston by the Cape Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad. The town is about five miles north and south, and three east and west. The assessed area is 5,025 acres. From Eastham,...Read MORE... 
R.R. Station, Orleans, Mass.
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Orleans, a post-village in Orleans township, Barnstable co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 94 miles S.E. of Boston. It has 3 churches and a high school. Pop. of township, 1373.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott - 1906
Orleans, a post-village in Orleans township (Town), Barnstable co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 94 miles SE. of Boston. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1123; of the village, about 450.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
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1693 - Orleans is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1797 - Orleans is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Orleans
Orleans, Massachusetts
Barnstable county. Orleans was taken from Eastham in 1797. It extends across a narrow part of Cape Cod, and is indented with coves and creeks on both sides. Stage harbor opens on the east through Chatham and Nauset beaches, which extend along the coast:—between which and the ... Read MORE...
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1845 - ORLEANS. [Pop. 1,974. Inc. 1797.]
Orleans was formerly the south part of Eastham.
The town is very irregularly shaped, has a small harbor on Massachusetts Bay, and an agreeable arm of the sea, called Pleasant Bay, at the southeast.
The soil is sandy and barren, and the inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries, and ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Orleans
Orleans, a post-township in Barnstable co., Massachusetts, 77 miles S. E. by E. from Boston. Population, 1848.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Orleans Massachusetts, 1890
Orleans is a farming, fishing and manufacturing town in the outer line of Cape Cod, in Barnstable County, 94 miles from Boston by the Cape Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad. The town is about five miles north and south, and three east and west. The assessed area is 5,025 acres. From Eastham,... Read MORE...
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1895 - Orleans
Orleans, a post-village in Orleans township, Barnstable co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the Old Colony Railroad, 94 miles S.E. of Boston. It has 3 churches and a high school. Pop. of township, 1373.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Orleans, a post-village in Orleans township (Town), Barnstable co., Mass., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 94 miles SE. of Boston. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1123; of the village, about 450.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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