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Orienta, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 36°21′36″N 98°28′26″W / 36.36000°N 98.47389°W / 36.36000; -98.47389
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Orienta
Orienta is located in Oklahoma
Orienta
Orienta
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Orienta is located in the United States
Orienta
Orienta
Orienta (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°21′36″N 98°28′26″W / 36.36000°N 98.47389°W / 36.36000; -98.47389
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyMajor
Elevation1,247 ft (380 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100704[1]

Orienta is an unincorporated community located at the junction of U.S. Routes 60 and 412 in Major County, Oklahoma, United States. 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.

References

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