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Welcome to Orchard Hill ...

The town of Orchard Hill is located in Spalding County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orchard Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Orchard Hill has a population of 232 people<2> (see below for details).

Orchard Hill is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Orchard Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Orchard Hill and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Orchard Hill: 770, 470 & 678<4>

The ZIP code for Orchard Hill: 30266<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Orchard Hill had an population of 232 people. This is an increase of 11% since the 2010 Census.

At the time of the 2010 Census, Orchard Hill had a population of 209 people. This makes Orchard Hill the county's 2nd most populous community.

More information can be found on the Census Page for Orchard Hill.

Communities Also Named Orchard Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Orchard Hill - they are located in Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2) and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orchard Hill.

Communities near Orchard Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orchard Hill.

  • McDonough
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonough have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
    • McDonough is located in Henry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,582 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonough <7>
  • Griffin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Locust Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Henry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Grove <7>
  • Hampton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lovejoy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Barnesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jackson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forsyth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Zebulon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Flovilla
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Orchard Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orchard Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orchard Hill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Hill.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Orchard Hill.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchard Hill ...

Looking for more information about Orchard Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Orchard Hill, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Orchard Hill.

Adding Orchard Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orchard Hill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Orchard Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Orchard Hill post office opened in 1874.

We also found Orchard Hill on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orchard Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Spalding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Orchard Hill.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orchard Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 770 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470 or 678. New phone numbers in the Orchard Hill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 770, 470 or 678. As a result, placing a call in the Orchard Hill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Orchard Hill). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Orchard Hill or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/