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History · Orbisonia · established 1850

176 years of Orbisonia, in pictures

Postcards, papers and photographs of Orbisonia from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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What stands out about Orbisonia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Old housesHalf of Orbisonia’s homes were built before 1957.
★ What stands out · The story so far

Orbisonia, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Orbisonia yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Orbisonia is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Orbisonia had a population of 449.

Orbisonia was established in 1850. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 428 to 449 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Orbisonia, 1850 to 1986

Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850
    FoundingOrbisonia is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906In the archiveBirds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania 1906
  5. 1986In the archiveEast Broad Top 15
By decade

Orbisonia, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania 19061906Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvan…
1910s–1970snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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1980s4 items
East Broad Top 151986East Broad Top 15 GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTH, STATION AND ROW - East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company, Orbisonia Depot, Meadow Street at …1986GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTH, STATION AND ROW - East Broad… GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST - East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company, Orbisonia Depot, Meadow Street at Iron Street, …1986GENERAL VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST - East Broad Top Railroad… GENERAL VIEW OF STATION and LOCOMOTIVE NO. 15 LOOKING WEST ONTO RTE. 994 (MEADOW STREET) - East Broad Top Railroad and …1986GENERAL VIEW OF STATION and LOCOMOTIVE NO. 15 LOOKING…
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
EBT 15 North out of Orbisonia June 2006xRP - Flickr - drewj19462006EBT 15 North out of Orbisonia June 2006xRP - Flickr -…
Then & now

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Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania 1906
Retake this viewBirds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania 1906, 1906

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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

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Retake an old viewBirds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hi…: stand where they stood+15 Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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