Welcome to Orchard ...Orchard is located in Ada County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Orchard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Orchard is 3,150 feet [960 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Orchard is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Orchard lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Orchard: 208 & 986<3> Communities Also Named Orchard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Orchard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (3), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Orchard. Communities near Orchard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Orchard.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orchard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orchard. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard. See our Newspapers Page for Orchard. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchard ...Looking for more information about Orchard? 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Orchard, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orchard. Adding Orchard to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Orchard 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 (so far) for Orchard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Orchard. Footnotes ...
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