Abandoned Record
About Orella
Orella was formerly a town in Sioux County, Nebraska, United States, along the BNSF Railway Butte Subdivision. It was settled by immigrants in the mid-1880s and established as a town by the railroad in 1906.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Orella, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Orella is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Orella
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1955 Alliance sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Alliance sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Alliance sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Orella sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Wolf Butte sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Crawford sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Orella
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Nebraska index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Orella": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Orella, Nebraska": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q18385612.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).