1981 Map of Orient

About this map

Orient stands at a central junction where the Burlington Northern railroad meets a network of country roads, marking a classic prairie trade center at the turn of the 1980s. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of several major regional drainage systems, including the Nodaway River and Platte River, which flow southward across the county line into Union and Adams counties. Along these waterways, the terrain transitions from flat agricultural uplands into the more dissected valleys of Ninemile Creek and Threemile Creek.