Orchard Prairie, Washington | |
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  Orchard Prairie, Washington | |
| Coordinates: 47°43′55″N117°18′52″W / 47.73194°N 117.31444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Spokane |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 99217 |
| Area code | 509 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1514847 [1] |
Orchard Prairie is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, in the U.S. state of Washington. [2]
Located on a prairie of the same name, Orchard Prairie is immediately to the east of and above Spokane with Bigelow Gulch Road connecting the prairie to the Hillyard neighborhood of the city. To the south on the hills descending from the prairie to the Spokane River are residential suburban developments that have been built in recent decades. Argonne Road connects the prairie with them and the other suburbs in nearby Millwood and the greater Spokane Valley area.
To the north and northeast is the similar Peone Prairie.
Argonne and Bigelow Gulch roads have seen increased traffic over the years as they provide something of a shortcut for commuters traveling between north Spokane and the Spokane Valley. The original two-lane roads have been widened over the years into four-lane roads meant to handle the current volume of traffic. [3]
The community was named for fruit orchards near the original town site. [4] The community retains much of its rural character, but due to its close proximity to Spokane the area has seen growth in recent decades and has taken on aspects of an exurban nature. [5] This has led to controversy within the community, including a 2008 lawsuit brought against the county by Orchard Prairie residents. [6]
Orchard Prairie has its own school district consisting of one school established in 1894. The school serves kindergarten through seventh grade, combined in four classrooms. Enrollment averages 65 to 80 students each year, making it the second smallest school in Spokane, Washington. [7]
Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. The largest city and county seat is Spokane, the second largest city in the state after Seattle. The county is named after the Spokane tribe.
Liberty Lake is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States located adjacent to the eponymous lake. Located just over a mile west of the Washington–Idaho border, Liberty Lake is both a suburb of Spokane, Washington and a bedroom community to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The population was 12,003 at the 2020 census.
Spokane Valley is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, and the largest suburb of Spokane. It is located east of Spokane, west of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and surrounds the city of Millwood on three sides. The city incorporated as the City of Spokane Valley on March 31, 2003. The population was 102,976 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-largest city in Washington state. Spokane Valley is named after the valley of the Spokane River, in which it is located. The city and the general area is colloquially referred to as "The Valley" by residents of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene area.
U.S. Route 195 (US 195) is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.65 miles of its 94.02 miles are within the state of Washington. The highway starts in rural Idaho north of the city of Lewiston as a state highway in an interchange with US 95. As the road crosses into Washington it becomes a state highway that connects communities in the Palouse region of Eastern Washington. US 195 travels north, serving the cities of Pullman, Colfax and Rosalia in Whitman County before continuing into Spokane County to its terminus in the city of Spokane at an interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90).
The Spokane Valley is a valley of the Spokane River through the southern Selkirk Mountains in the U.S. state of Washington. The valley is home to the cities of Spokane and its suburbs Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, and Millwood. The valley is bounded on the north and south by the Selkirk Mountains, on the west by the Columbia River Basalt Group, and on the east by the Rathdrum Prairie at the Idaho state border. Mica Peak, located south of the valley, is the southernmost peak in the Selkirk Range. The mountain, along with surrounding peaks, separates the Spokane Valley from the Palouse. The Valley contains part of the Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer.
Hillyard is a neighborhood in Spokane, Washington which existed as a separate town between 1892 and 1924.
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The U.S. Route 395 North Spokane Corridor (NSC) is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km) freeway - with 5.42 miles (8.72 km) complete and currently operational – running north–south along the eastern border of Spokane, Washington and parts of unincorporated Spokane County to the north.
State Highway 41 (SH-41) is a state highway mostly in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs from Interstate 90 in Post Falls to U.S. Route 2 on the Washington state line. The northernmost 0.41 miles (0.66 km) of SH-41 run along State Street along the state line, with the southbound lane in the town of Newport, Washington, and the northbound lane in Oldtown, Idaho. The part of the highway in Washington is designated State Route 41 (SR 41).
State Route 290 (SR 290), named Hamilton Street and Trent Avenue, is an 18-mile (29 km) long state highway serving Spokane County in the U.S. state of Washington. SR 290 travels parallel to a Union Pacific railroad from Interstate 90 (I-90) in Spokane through Millwood and across the Spokane River thrice towards Spokane Valley, where the highway intersects SR 27. From Spokane Valley, the roadway continues to the Idaho state border, where it becomes Idaho State Highway 53.
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Buckeye is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Peone is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Espanola is an unincorporated community, in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The current name was adopted in the year 1900. As of 2021 the community of Espanola is little more than a handful of buildings and a grain elevator surrounded by farms.
Geiger Heights is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States. It takes its name from nearby Spokane International Airport, formerly named Geiger Field, located a few miles to the northwest.
Glenrose is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is a rural and suburban community split between sections of farmland with many canola fields and new construction of single-family homes. The community is bounded by mountains on two sides and the Spokane urban area on the other two.
East Central is a neighborhood in Spokane, Washington. As the name suggests, it is on the east side of Spokane and centrally located. The official neighborhood is expansive and covers multiple areas considered by locals to be independent neighborhoods, such as the Sprague Union District on East Sprague Avenue, the South Perry District, the Underhill Park area and the University District on the eastern fringe of Downtown Spokane.
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