Orchard, Colorado

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Orchard, Colorado
Census Designated Place
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Orchard
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 39°02′11″N108°31′00″W / 39.0362808°N 108.5165891°W / 39.0362808; -108.5165891 (Orchard CDP, Colorado) [1]
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
County Morgan County
Government
[2]
 • Type unincorporated town
Area
[1]
 • Total0.160 sq mi (0.41 km2)
 • Land0.160 sq mi (0.41 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
4,409 ft (1,344 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total76
 • Density475.0/sq mi (183.4/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code [4]
80649
Area code 970
GNIS feature [2] Orchard CDP

Orchard is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Orchard post office has the ZIP Code 80649. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population of the Orchard CDP was 76. [3]

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History

The Orchard post office has been in operation since 1882. [5] The community was named for a grove of cottonwood trees near the original town site. [6]

Orchard is the town that was used to film James Michener's miniseries Centennial . Most if not all of the remnants of the production sets are now gone.[ citation needed ]

Oblique air photo of Orchard (center) with the South Platte River crossing from left to right, in September 2018 Orchard Colorado September 2018.jpg
Oblique air photo of Orchard (center) with the South Platte River crossing from left to right, in September 2018

Geography

Orchard is in western Morgan County along Colorado State Highway 144, north of the South Platte River. Highway 144 leads northeast, then southeast down the South Platte valley 23 miles (37 km) to Fort Morgan, the Morgan county seat, and south 4 miles (6 km) to U.S. Route 34. The Orchard CDP has an area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all land. [1]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Orchard CDP for the United States Census 2010.

Orchard CDP, Colorado
YearPop.±%
2010 90—    
2020 76−15.6%
Source: United States Census Bureau

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Colorado". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names". United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "P1. Race – Orchard CDP, Colorado: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 38.
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