Orting is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city’s population is 7,983.

The first recorded claims for estate in Orting were made in 1854 by William Henry Whitesell, Thomas Headley, Daniel Lane, and Daniel Varner. Streets in the advocate city are named after the four men, and a monument in Orting City Park commemorates them. Orting was officially incorporated as a city on April 22, 1889.

Early increase surrounded the area’s production and logging industries. Later, Christmas tree and bulb farms with became allowance of the local economy. Orting was next a supply town for the coal mining towns Wilkeson and Carbonado. The first railroad in the city was built in 1877 by the Northern Pacific Railway, called “Whitesell’s Crossing” because it ran right through the Whitesell property. Because railroads eased transportation, Orting’s population quickly increased. Remaining parts from the railroad are portion of the Meeker Southern Railroad, which runs in the midst of Puyallup and McMillin.

Its coordinates are 47°5′46″N 122°12′19″W / 47.09611°N 122.20528°W / 47.09611; -122.20528 (47.096071, −122.205401).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 2.80 square miles (7.25 km²), of which 2.73 square miles (7.07 km²) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) is water.