Orient, Oregon, is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver– Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thou ...

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, United States. The community is centered at SE Orient Drive at 302nd Avenue, near Gresham, which is the rough location of the former Orient Post Office. The area was home to the Orient Mill, a steam-driven sawmill founded by Andrew MacKinnon, an 1880 Scottish immigrant. MacKinnon's wife,

Miyo Iwakoshi Miyo Iwakoshi was one of the first Japanese settlers in Oregon. She travelled to the state in 1880. She became known as the "Western Empress" among Japanese settlers due to her willingness to help History of Japanese Americans, Japanese Immigrants ...

, was the first Japanese citizen to settle in Oregon.

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Information on Orient, Oregon from RoadsideThoughts
Unincorporated communities in Multnomah County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{MultnomahCountyOR-geo-stub