Orion in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Orion Institute

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

1. Orion Institute Marker

Inscription. Founded 1848 by legislative act and donations of citizens. Excellent instruction made it only school of kind for youth in area. Later used as public school until 1929 school consolidation.

Orion settled about 1815, by 1830 saw arrival of wealthy planters. Here on Chunnenuggee Ridge they built homes and cultivated valley plantations.

Erected 1953 by the Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.

Location. 31° 57.665′ N, 86° 0.391′ W. Marker is in Orion, Alabama, in Pike County. It is at the intersection of Lockheed Martin Drive (County Route 37) and Old U.S. Highway 231 (County Route 105), on the left when traveling east on Lockheed Martin Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Lockheed Martin Drive, Troy AL 36081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: China Grove (approx. 5.6 miles away); Tuskegee Army Air Field Hangar (approx. 6.9 miles away); Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church

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(approx. 7 miles away); Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (approx. 7.9 miles away); Birthplace of Congressman John Lewis (approx. 8.9 miles away); Logging Locomotive (approx. 9.4 miles away); The Great Pensacola Trading Path (approx. 9.4 miles away); Mt. Hilliard (approx. 10.6 miles away).

Orion Institute Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

2. Orion Institute Marker Area

Orion Institute Ridge View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 16, 2014

3. Orion Institute Ridge View

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 16, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,366 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 16, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.