Orienta, Oklahoma

Orienta is a small unincorporated community located at the junction U.S. Highway 60 and U.S. Highway 412 in Major County, Oklahoma. It lies north of Fairview, east of the Glass Mountains 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,

Orienta
Orienta
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Orienta
Orienta (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°21′36″N 98°28′26″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyMajor
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Sources

Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987: ISBN 0-8061-2028-2 .



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