Orme, TN

Orme is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The 2020 census counted 87 residents. Orme is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Orme is rooted in a coal mining community known as Needmore, which was established in the early 1890s. That mix gives Orme a clear local shape within Tennessee, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Mining operations in the valley were slow to develop, however, due to the area's remoteness and lack of adequate means of transportation for the coal. Most of Orme's public buildings and residences are concentrated in a small stretch of bottomland along Dry Creek, the valley's primary drainage.