Orchard, Colorado

Not to be confused with Orchard City, Colorado.
Orchard, Colorado
Unincorporated community

Washington Avenue in Orchard, Colorado.

Location in Morgan County and the state of Colorado

Coordinates: 40°19′51″N 104°07′07″W / 40.33083°N 104.11861°W / 40.33083; -104.11861Coordinates: 40°19′51″N 104°07′07″W / 40.33083°N 104.11861°W / 40.33083; -104.11861
Country  United States
State  Colorado
Counties Morgan[1]
Elevation[1] 4,413 ft (1,345 m)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code[2] 80649
GNIS feature ID 0180764

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 / 40.33083; -104.11861 (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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. ↑ 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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