Oronoco Map
Oronoco is a city in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, along the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River. The population was 1,300 at the 2010 census. The city was named by early settler Dr. Hector Galloway for the similarly spelled Orinoco, a large river in South America. A village was founded in 1854 and platted in 1855. The village incorporated as a city on March 6, 1968. Oronoco Township, which is adjacent on three sides, was organized in 1858. It is a bedroom community for nearby Rochester
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), of which, 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (14.49%) is water.
U.S. Route 52 serves as a main route in the community.
Nearby cities include Byron, Rochester, Zumbrota, Mantorville, Millville.
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