Orchard, Colorado
Orchard, Colorado | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Washington Avenue in Orchard, Colorado. | |
![]() Location of Orchard in Morgan County, Colorado. | |
![]() ![]() Location in Morgan County and the state of Colorado ![]() ![]() Orchard, Colorado (the US) | |
Coordinates: 40°19′51″N 104°07′07″W / 40.33083°N 104.11861°WCoordinates: 40°19′51″N 104°07′07″W / 40.33083°N 104.11861°W | |
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State |
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Counties | Morgan[1] |
Elevation[1] | 4,413 ft (1,345 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code[2] | 80649 |
GNIS feature ID | 0180764 |
![](../I/m/Orchard_Colorado_September_2018.jpg)
Oblique air photo of Orchard (center) with the South Platte River crossing from left to right, in September 2018
Orchard is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The Orchard Post Office has the ZIP Code 80649.[2]
A post office called Orchard has been in operation since 1882.[3] The community was named for a grove of cottonwood trees near the original town site.[4]
Geography
Orchard is located at 40°19′51″N 104°07′07″W / 40.33083°N 104.11861°W (40.330843,-104.118633).
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.
Demographics
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
U.S. Decennial Census[5] |
See also
References
- 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on January 1, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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