| Official Name: | Orion, Alabama |
| Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pike |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 561 |
| Coordinates: | 31.9589°N -86.0056°W |
| Area Code: | 334 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 152820 |
Orion, also known as Prospect Ridge, is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, located 12.9miles north of Troy.
Originally called Prospect Ridge, the name was changed to Orion in honor of the constellation.[1] Orion was incorporated on February 4, 1850, and the charter was repealed by the Alabama Legislature on February 26, 1881.[2] A post office operated under the name Prospect Ridge from 1838 to 1848 and under the name Orion from 1848 to 1903.[3]
Orion was home to the Orion Institute, one of the earliest schools in Pike County.[4]
Jim Capers, the first African-American Revolutionary War soldier known to be buried in Alabama, is buried at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Orion.[5]
Multiple structures in Orion were documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey.