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The population of Oran is approximately 1,164 (1990).
The amount of land area in Oran is 2.724 sq. kilometers. Oran miscellany. Return to Index Oran location: at the junction of Highway 77 and Route W in Scott County Missouri. It is approximately 140 miles south of St. Louis and 150 miles North of Memphis Tn.
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History & History Related Items Oran history: In 1840, a small settlement became known as Sylvania. This small community, then set in a dense woodland, thus became known as Oran. The name was changed from Sylvania to Oran because Missouri already had another town by the name of Sylvania. Oran was chosen because a returned sea captain, Ward L. Smith, hads spent time in Oran, Algeria, during the Crimean War. In 1887 Oran had a population of 417 and only four businesses. In 2002, Oran has a new school not even 10 years old, Population of over 2000, and now has over 20 businesses.
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