Orient’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Orient. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOrient is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 156 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 147 to 156 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Orient yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Orient’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orient’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOrient In Use, 1997: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Orient, decade by decade
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.