Orion
Orion is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,754 at the 2020 census. It is the site for transmitters for many of the Quad Cities' radio and television stations, including KLJB, KWQC-TV, WMWC-TV, WQAD-TV, WQPT-TV and KQIN.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,750 residents
- Description: village in Henry County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Orion, IL” and “Orion, Illinois”
- Postal code: 61273
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Water Tower and Ground Storage Tank and Central Park Bandstand.
West Water Tower and Ground Storage Tank
Water tower
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West Water Tower and Ground Storage Tank are a historic water tower and storage tank located at 310 11th Avenue in Orion, Illinois. The tower and tank were built in 1928 as part of the village's new water system, which had been approved the previous year.
Central Park Bandstand
Bandstand
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Central Park Bandstand, also known as the Music Pavilion, is a historic bandshell located within Central Park in Orion, Illinois. The bandstand was built in 1913 following a series of successful outdoor concerts in the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osco and Swedona.
Osco
Village
Osco is an census designated place in Osco Township, Henry County, Illinois, United States. Osco is situated 5 miles east of Orion.
Swedona
Hamlet
Swedona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 109. Swedona is 5.5 miles north of Windsor. Swedona is situated 6 miles southwest of Orion.
Orion
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: Western Township, Henry, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.35384° or 41° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-90.38143° or 90° 22′ 53″ westPopulation
1,750Elevation
774 feet (236 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OR2Open location code
86HF9J39+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 151711054OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Orion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوريون”
- Basque: “Orion”
- Catalan: “Orion”
- Cebuano: “Orion”
- Chinese: “Orion”
- Chinese: “奧里恩 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “奧里恩”
- Dutch: “Orion”
- French: “Orion”
- German: “Orion”
- Gilaki: “اؤريؤن (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “اؤريؤن”
- Haitian: “Orion, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Orion”
- Italian: “Orion”
- Japanese: “オライオン (イリノイ州)”
- Japanese: “オライオン”
- Ladin: “Orion”
- Mazanderani: “اورین (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “اورین”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Orion”
- Polish: “Orion”
- Portuguese: “Orion”
- Serbian: “Орион”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orion, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orion”
- Spanish: “Orion”
- Ukrainian: “Оріон”
- Urdu: “اورین، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “اورین”
- Vietnamese: “Orion, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Orion”
- Volapük: “Orion”
- Welsh: “Orion, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Orion”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orion”. Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.