| Orange City can trace its roots to a second Dutch migration to the New World, this time to the Midwest in the 19th century. A religious revival, accompanied by a desire for freedom of religious expression and for a better life in general, led thousands of Dutch Reformed people to immigrate to the United States. Their best-known colonies were Holland, Mich., and Pella, Iowa, both begun in 1847. Most of these immigrants soon joined the Reformed Church in America (RCA). In the 1870s, some Pella residents, led by the enterprising Henry Hospers, moved to inexpensive, fertile lands in northwest Iowa, about 40 miles north of Sioux City, and established Orange City. Name |  |