Oriental, Pennsylvania

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Oriental, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Oriental
Coordinates: 40°38′0″N77°0′22″W / 40.63333°N 77.00611°W / 40.63333; -77.00611
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Juniata
Township Susquehanna
Elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1183043 [1]

Oriental is an unincorporated community located within Susquehanna Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1855, settler Amos Miller started a store which operated for ten years, and a post office was established prior to the American Civil War. By 1910, the population was 130. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Oriental, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Jordan, John Woolf (1913). A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.


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