Orion, Alabama

Orion, Alabama
Orion, Alabama
Unincorporated community
	Orion, Alabama Orion, Alabama
	Coordinates: 31°57′32″N 86°00′20″W / 31.95889°N 86.00556°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Pike
Elevation	561 ft (171 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	152820

Orion, also known as Prospect Ridge, is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, located 12.9 miles (20.8 km) north of Troy.

History

Originally called Prospect Ridge, the name was changed to Orion in honor of the constellation.^[2] Orion was incorporated on February 4, 1850, and the charter was repealed by the Alabama Legislature on February 26, 1881.^[3] A post office operated under the name Prospect Ridge from 1838 to 1848 and under the name Orion from 1848 to 1903.^[4]

Orion was home to the Orion Institute, one of the earliest schools in Pike County.^[5]

Jim Capers, the first African-American Revolutionary War soldier known to be buried in Alabama, is buried at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Orion.^[6]

Multiple structures in Orion were documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Gallery

Baptist Church
Front door of Baptist Church
Solomon Siler House front porch
Solomon Siler House bedroom
Solomon Siler House foyer
Solomon Siler House stairway
Solomon Siler House columns
Solomon Siler House
Solomon Siler House
McCullough-Henderson House
McCullough-Henderson House fireplace
McCullough-Henderson House stairway
Hanchey-Pennington House
Hanchey-Pennington House rear
Hanchey-Pennington House fireplace
Orion Male and Female Institute
Orion Male and Female Institute front door

References

^ "Orion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ Alabama (1881). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 435.
^ "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
^ Best Books on; Federal Writers' Project (1941). Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South. Best Books on. p. 378. ISBN 978-1-62376-001-4.
^ "Jim Capers" (PDF). The Alabama Society Sons of the American Revolution. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

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[1] "Orion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[2] Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.

[Alabama1881-3] Alabama (1881). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. p. 435.

[4] "Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

[onProject1941-5] Best Books on; Federal Writers' Project (1941). Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South. Best Books on. p. 378. ISBN 978-1-62376-001-4.

[6] "Jim Capers" (PDF). The Alabama Society Sons of the American Revolution. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

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Orion, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°57′32″N 86°00′20″W / 31.95889°N 86.00556°W / 31.95889; -86.00556
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Pike
Elevation	561 ft (171 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	334
GNIS feature ID	152820^[1]