Orion, Alabama

Coordinates: 31°57′32″N 86°00′20″W / 31.95889°N 86.00556°W / 31.95889; -86.00556
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Orion, Alabama
UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID152820[1]

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was changed to Orion in honor of the constellation.[2] Orion was incorporated on February 4, 1850, and the charter was repealed by the Alabama Legislature on February 26, 1881.[3] A post office operated under the name Prospect Ridge from 1838 to 1848 and under the name Orion from 1848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
    Baptist Church
  • Front door of Baptist Church
    Front door of Baptist Church
  • Solomon Siler House front porch
    Solomon Siler House front porch
  • Solomon Siler House bedroom
    Solomon Siler House bedroom
  • Solomon Siler House foyer
    Solomon Siler House foyer
  • Solomon Siler House stairway
    Solomon Siler House stairway
  • Solomon Siler House columns
    Solomon Siler House columns
  • Solomon Siler House
    Solomon Siler House
  • Solomon Siler House
    Solomon Siler House
  • McCullough-Henderson House
    McCullough-Henderson House
  • McCullough-Henderson House fireplace
    McCullough-Henderson House fireplace
  • McCullough-Henderson House stairway
    McCullough-Henderson House stairway
  • Hanchey-Pennington House
    Hanchey-Pennington House
  • Hanchey-Pennington House rear
    Hanchey-Pennington House rear
  • Hanchey-Pennington House fireplace
    Hanchey-Pennington House fireplace
  • Orion Male and Female Institute
    Orion Male and Female Institute
  • Orion Male and Female Institute front door
    Orion Male and Female Institute front door

References

  1. ^ "Orion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X
    .
  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.
  5. 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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