Do you know of Orchard Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Orchard Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Orchard Hill.

Our sources for Orchard Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Orchard Hill other than they indicate that Orchard Hill would be found somewhere in Alpena County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1909.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Orchard Hill ...

We found six communities that share the name Orchard Hill.

Within Michigan, the name Orchard Hill is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Spalding County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Orchard Hill [Spalding County].
  • Maryland
    • Kent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Orchard Hill [Kent County].
  • Ohio
    • Gallia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Orchard Hill [Gallia County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Westmoreland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Orchard Hill [Westmoreland County].
    • York County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Orchard Hill [York County].
  • South Carolina
    • Dorchester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Orchard Hill [Dorchester County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Orchard Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Orchard Hill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Orchard Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Alpena County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alpena County.