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Orrick is a town in Ray County, Missouri, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 753 at the 2020 census.

Orrick city overview:
Name:	Orrick city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Missouri
County:	Ray County
Elevation:	722 ft (220 m)
Total Area:	1.33 sq mi (3.46 km²)
Land Area:	1.33 sq mi (3.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	753
Population Density:	564.04/sq mi (217.83/km²)
ZIP code:	64077
Area code:	816
FIPS code:	2954938
GNISfeature ID:	2396085

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History

The first community in the area was Albany when it was established by Ely Carter in 1854. When he applied for a post office it was denied because there was another Albany already in the state and he used the name of his wife Ada for the post office but still continued to call the town Albany.

“Bloody Bill” Anderson was killed during the American Civil War during the Battle of Albany on October 24, 1864.

Albany formally incorporated in 1871 however by then St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Star railroad (the Wabash Railroad) laid tracks a mile south in 1868 and 1869 and a new community of Orrick sprung up around them.

Orrick itself was laid out by the railroad and was named in honor of W. W. Orrick who had drawn up the plat. Orrick was incorporated in 1873.

Tornadoes

On January 24, 1967, an unusual winter tornado outbreak destroyed the town’s high school killing two students.

On May 10, 2014, a severe weather outbreak spawned a tornado just southwest of Orrick. As the tornado was heading towards Orrick it gained strength reaching EF2 intensity as it went through Orrick.