Orienta 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 ...
located at the junction of
U.S. Routes 60 and
412
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Year 412 ( CDXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Europe as the Year of the Consulship of Honorius and Theodosius (or, less frequently, yea ...
in
Major County, Oklahoma
Major County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,527. Its county seat is Fairview. The county was created in 1907.
Located in northwestern Oklahoma, Major County is b ...
, United States. It lies north of
Fairview, east of the
Glass Mountains
The Glass Mountains (also known as Gloss Mountains or Gloss Hills) are not actually mountains, but a series of mesas and buttes that are part of the Blaine Escarpment that extends from the Permian red beds of northwestern Oklahoma in Major Co ...
, and south of the
Cimarron River. The post office was established March 12, 1901, and took its name from the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway along which it was built.
References
Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: .
Unincorporated communities in Major County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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