Places in the chronology: O

The chronology’s entries name 573 places at least two times each, besides 130 streets and street addresses. 428 of the places have a page of their own and link to it. Every other place lists the entries that name it.

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• OakwoodChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1940–1941
  • by August 30, 1940: University service employees begin building their own houses in the Oakwood colony
  • by May 9, 1941: Seven families of University service employees live in the new Oakwood cooperative homes
• Occoneechee FarmHillsborough · 21 entries · 1891–1946

  Also printed as Occoneechee (Norwood) Mineral Spring; Poplar Hill (Occoneechee Farm); Occoneechee Farm entrance; Occoneechee Farm club house; Occoneechee Farm siding

  See also Open Orange: Banks Of The Eno · Open Orange: Occoneechee Station · Open Orange: Norwood Mineral Spring

• Occoneechee Mountain State Natural AreaHillsborough · 4 entries · 1884–1994

  Also printed as Panther's Den and Sofa Rock; Eno River at Occoneechee Mountain; summit of Occoneechee Mountain; north side of Occoneechee Mountain

• Occoneechee SpeedwayHillsborough · 37 entries · 1948–2002

  Also printed as Orange Speedway (Occoneechee Speedway); Orange Speedway; Orange Speedway and the Colonial Inn; St. Mary's Road and the Occoneechee Speedway

  See also Open Orange: Occoneechee Speedway · National Register nomination: Occoneechee Speedway · On a map

• Odum farm (Carolina Avon-Indian Farm)Carrboro · 2 entries · 1937–1938

  Also printed as Odum farm

• Office for Student CounselingChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1994–1996
  • about 1994: Anthony Locklear becomes UNC's first Native American administrator
  • January 31, 1996: Assistant Dean Sibby Anderson-Thompkins resigns from the Office for Student Counseling
• Old Chapel Hill CemeteryChapel Hill · 62 entries · 1798–2002

  Also printed as Section B; Chapel Hill cemetery; Chapel Hill cemetery and Gerrard Hall; Chapel Hill cemetery (death in Philadelphia); West Chapel Hill Cemetery; Chapel Hill Baptist Church and Chapel Hill cemetery; Chapel of the Cross and Old Chapel Hill Cemetery

  See also National Register nomination: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · On a map

• Old Commons HallChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1915–1918
• Old Creel placeChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1940
  • by May 10, 1940: The University's Black janitors take an option on the Creel place for a home-owning colony
  • by May 31, 1940: W. C. Coker lends the money to buy land for a home colony for Black University workers
  • by September 6, 1940: The Knolls, a home colony for Black University janitors, is laid out on the old Creel place
• Old EastChapel Hill · 14 entries · 1795–1966

  Also printed as Old East and Old West; East Building (Old East)

  See also Open Orange: Old East · National Register nomination: Old East (NHL) · On a map

• Old Highway 10Hillsborough · 2 entries · 1923–1956
  • 1923: Murphey School is built in brick on the Durham-Hillsboro road
  • by May 10, 1956: Ira Ward and John Clayton lay out the Dimmocks Mill subdivision west of Hillsboro
• Old Methodist Church (Rosemary Street)Chapel Hill · 14 entries · 1889–1943

  Also printed as Old Methodist church; Service Center; Old Methodist church and West Franklin Street; Old Methodist church building; Recreation Center (old Methodist church); Methodist Church Annex

  See also On a map

• Old Quaker meeting house (north of Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 2 entries · 1882–1890

  Also printed as Old Quaker church

• Old Town Cemetery, HillsboroughHillsborough · 8 entries · 1754–2015

  Also printed as Old Town Cemetery; Town cemetery

  See also On a map

• The Old WellChapel Hill · 2 entries · 1939–1954

  Also printed as Old Well

  See also Open Orange: The Old Well · On a map

• Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist ChurchChapel Hill · 19 entries · 1958–1992
• Orange2 entries · 1938
  • by February 11, 1938: A federally aided child welfare service begins in Orange, Chatham and Durham counties
  • 1938: District health department classes register 56 midwives and grant 42 permits
• Orange and Alamance counties9 entries · 1849–2002
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  • August 2, 1849: Henry K. Nash carries Orange but loses the congressional race to Venable
  • August 1, 1850: Democrats win the Orange and Alamance Senate seat and all four Commons seats
  • December 8, 1955: The Piedmont Egg Producers Cooperative begins selling Orange and Alamance eggs in local stores
  • 1984–2024: The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation today
  • 1984: The Eno-Occaneechi Indian Association forms
  • 1994: The organization adopts the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation name
  • August 1996: The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation becomes a tax-exempt nonprofit
  • 2002: North Carolina recognizes the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
  • 2002: Occaneechi Homeland Preservation Project begins
• Orange and Durham counties2 entries · 1882
  • by August 19, 1882: Anderson Hill announces for the House as an Independent Prohibition candidate
  • November 7, 1882: Orange and Durham send Democrat R. C. Strudwick and Liberal J. A. Cheek to the House
• Orange County Agricultural BuildingHillsborough · 3 entries · 1940–1963

  Also printed as Agricultural Building; Agriculture Building

• Orange County Agricultural Society fairgroundsHillsborough · 2 entries · 1856–1857

  Also printed as Orange County Agricultural Society grounds; Agricultural Society grounds

• Orange County Courthouse, HillsboroughHillsborough · 764 entries · 1754–2023
  • 1839 Churton Street business map: Courthouse
  • 1860 Churton Street business map: Courthouse
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Orange County Court House”
  • 1894 Churton Street business map: Courthouse
  • 1911 Churton Street business map: Courthouse
  • 1943 Churton Street business map: Courthouse
  • 1977 Churton Street business map: Old Courthouse

  Also printed as Court house; Orange County Courthouse; Courthouse; Old Orange County Courthouse; the courthouse; Courthouse square; Old courthouse; Orange County court house

  See also Open Orange: Dickerson's Chapel AME Church · National Register nomination: Old Orange County Courthouse · Churton Street, Lot 1 history · On a map

• Orange County farmsOrange County · 2 entries · 1936–1945
  • by December 7, 1936: Orange County farmers sign erosion-control agreements and terrace with a county machine
  • July to November 1945: German prisoners of war help harvest Orange County crops
• Orange County jail, HillsboroughHillsborough · 32 entries · 1768–1996
  • 1839 Churton Street business map: Jail
  • 1860 Churton Street business map: Jail
  • 1888 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Jail.”
  • 1894 Churton Street business map: Jail
  • 1894 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “JAIL.”
  • 1900 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “JAIL.”
  • 1905 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Jail”
  • 1911 Churton Street business map: Jail
  • 1911 Sanborn map, sheet 1: “Jail”

  Also printed as Orange County jail; the jail; County jail; Hillsborough jail; Jail

  See also Open Orange: Orange County Jail · On a map

• Orange County polling places (Hillsborough)Hillsborough · 2 entries · 1828
  • August 14, 1828: Orange County elects James Mebane to the Senate and John Stockard and Hugh Waddell to the Commons
  • November 13, 1828: Orange County votes for Andrew Jackson over John Quincy Adams
• Orange County polling places (Orange County)Orange County · 6 entries · 1816–1956
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  • May Term 1816: The court names election inspectors for the county's polling places
  • August 8, 1839: Orange County helps re-elect William Montgomery to Congress over George W. Haywood
  • November 7, 1922: Democrats carry Orange County in the 1922 general election
  • November 8, 1932: Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic county ticket large majorities
  • June 23, 1956: Edwin S. Lanier and Donald Stanford win the Democratic runoffs
  • May 26, 1956: Orange County Democrats renominate R. J. M. Hobbs and Carl Durham and leave two races for a runoff
• Orange County poorhouse (County Home)Orange County · 15 entries · 1823–1941

  Also printed as Orange County poorhouse; County poorhouse; Orange County home; Orange County poorhouse and jail; County Home for the Aged and Infirm; County Home

  See also Open Orange: Orange County Poor House · On a map

• Orange County precinctsOrange County · 14 entries · 1928–1956
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  • June 2, 1928: Orange County Democrats choose county nominees in the June primary
  • June 4, 1932: Orange County Democrats vote in the 1932 primary and put Eubanks first for county commissioner
  • July 2, 1932: Orange County swings to Reynolds in the Senate runoff primary
  • November 7, 1933: Orange County votes against repeal while Chapel Hill votes for it
  • November 6, 1934: Democrats sweep Orange County in the 1934 general election
  • June 2, 1934: Orange County Democrats renominate Sheriff Sloan and back Owen Robertson for the state senate
  • July 4, 1936: B. J. Howard wins Orange County's Democratic runoff for the legislature
  • June 6, 1936: Orange Democrats nominate Sheriff S. T. Latta Jr. and give Sandy Graham a large county vote
  • May 27, 1944: Orange County Democrats give Gregg Cherry a heavy majority in the primary for governor
  • November 5, 1946: Orange County Democrats sweep the 1946 general election
  • November 2, 1948: Orange County casts its largest presidential vote and returns the Democratic ticket
  • November 4, 1952: Orange County casts a record vote and carries the Democratic ticket
  • October 3, 1953: Orange County votes about ten to one for the state school and mental hospital bonds
  • November 6, 1956: Orange County gives Adlai Stevenson a narrow margin as Eisenhower carries nine precincts
• Orange County Public LibraryHillsborough · 21 entries · 1930–2023

  Also printed as Confederate Memorial Library; Orange County library; Orange County Confederate Memorial Library; Hyconeechee Regional Library; Hillsborough and bookmobile routes; Orange County Main Library; Hillsboro library; Library

  See also Open Orange: 201 N. Churton St · On a map

• Orange County townshipsOrange County · 2 entries · 1877–1896
  • early March 1877: The General Assembly elects Orange County's justices of the peace
  • November 3, 1896: Orange County voters elect township magistrates and constables
• Orange County Training School / Lincoln High SchoolChapel Hill · 104 entries · 1917–1965
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 3: “Orange County Training School (Colored)”
  • 1925 Sanborn map, sheet 3: “Orange County Training School (Colored)”, School Street

  Also printed as Orange County Training School; Lincoln High School; Black school; School for Black children; Orange County Training School auditorium; Orange County Training School and Black churches and lodges; Orange County Training School and Black Chapel Hill; New Lincoln High School site

  See also Open Orange: 350 Caldwell St · Open Orange: Orange County Training School

• Orange County's 16 precinctsOrange County · 3 entries · 1950
  • June 24, 1950: Orange County gives Frank Graham three of every four votes as he loses the Senate runoff
  • April 15 to May 13, 1950: Orange County registers close to 9,000 voters in a complete new registration
  • May 27, 1950: Orange County turns out in record numbers for the 1950 Democratic primary
• Orange FactoryOrange County · 3 entries · 1853–1881
  • by March 16, 1853: A post office opens at Orange Factory with John H. Webb as postmaster
  • summer 1863: A Sabbath school starts at the Orange Factory
  • March 7, 1881: The commissioners allow gates across the roads at Orange Factory

  See also Open Orange: Orange Factory · On a map

• Orange Grove community (award presented in Raleigh)Orange Grove · 2 entries · 1956–1964

  Also printed as Orange Grove community

• Orange Grove School (Orange Grove Academy)Cane Creek · 5 entries · 1906–1947

  Also printed as Orange Grove School; Orange Grove Academy; Orange Grove school site

• Orange High SchoolHillsborough · 7 entries · 1963–1973

  Also printed as Orange High School site; Orange High

  See also On a map

• The Orange PrintshopChapel Hill · 6 entries · 1934–1940

  Also printed as Orange Printshop; Daily Tar Heel and Orange Printshop; Rosemary Lane opposite the Orange Printshop

  See also Open Orange: 126 E. Rosemary St · On a map

• Orange Savings and Loan buildingChapel Hill · 3 entries · 1961–1962

  Also printed as East Rosemary and North Columbia streets; former Orange Savings and Loan building

• Orange United Methodist Church (Orange Church)Chapel Hill · 17 entries · 1836–1989

  Also printed as Orange United Methodist Church; Orange Methodist Church; Orange Church; Carrboro Methodist Church and Orange Methodist Church

• Osbunn TheaterHillsborough · 4 entries · 1949–1963

  Also printed as 122 West King Street

  See also Open Orange: 122 W. King St · Churton Street, Lot 25 history · On a map

• Over-the-River (Norwood-Webb-Cheshire House)Hillsborough · 3 entries · 1823–1936

  See also Open Orange: Over The River · On a map