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Ormsby, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 154
Housing Units (2000): 68
Land area (2000): 0.358294 sq. miles (0.927976 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.358294 sq. miles (0.927976 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48562
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.849147 N, 94.697518 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56162
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Ormsby

Ormsby may refer to:

Ormsby (surname)

Ormsby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alan Ormsby (born 1944), American director and screenwriter
  • Brendan Ormsby (born 1960), English professional footballer
  • Eric Ormsby (born 1941), American poet and a man of letters
  • Frank Ormsby (born 1947), Northern Irish poet
  • John Ormsby (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kristian Ormsby (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Len Ormsby (1890–1983), American racecar driver
  • Mary Ormsby (born 1960), Canadian associate sports writer
  • Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  • Waterman Ormsby (1809-1883), a 19th-century banknote engraver, inventor and artist
  • Waterman L. Ormsby (1834–1908), correspondent for the New York Herald and Western explorer

Usage examples of "ormsby".

Genova saw Lieutenant Ormsby move to take the other, and Lord Rothgar stop him and take the place.

Lord Rothgar left them, however, to chat to other guests, taking Miss Myddleton and Ormsby with him.

But this Lloyd had a bald spot on his head and when Ormsby examined his bones with a fine probe, he obtained real calcium.

Norma Shepard, the receptionist at Doc Fabian’s office, was standing on a box out on the sidewalk so that she could see what was going on, and Butch Ormsby, the owner of the service station just across the street from the hall, was standing at the kerb, wiping and wiping at his greasy hands with a ball of waste, as if he knew he would never get them clean, but was bound to keep on trying.

I think it's called Gibson Island or Ormsby Island there are both Gibsons and Ormsbys in Ratherine's family.

I have heard, many times, the story of Uncle Bulwer Ormsby who was attacked by an owl in the privy-which had no door, "the better to air it out!

The island has its own septic system, which is a subject often discussed by the hordes of Reelings and Gibsons and Ormsbys who empty themselves into it-and who are fearful of the system's eventual rebellion.