Orwin is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
located in
Porter Township,
Schuylkill County in the state of
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, United States. Orwin was part of the
Reinerton-Orwin-Muir CDP at the 2000 census before splitting into three individual CDPs for the 2010 census. The other communities, along with Orwin are
Reinerton and
Muir
"Muir" is the Scots word for "moorland", and Scots Gaelic for "sea", and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore in Scotland and other parts of the world.
Places United States
* Muir, Willits, California, a former unin ...
. The community is located near the community of Muir along
U.S. Route 209. As of the
2010 census,
[https://www.census.gov/# ] the population was 314 residents.
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania