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Welcome to Orchard Lake Village (aka 'Orchard Lake') ...

The city of Orchard Lake Village is located in Oakland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orchard Lake Village, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Orchard Lake Village: Orchard Lk. Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Orchard Lake Village has a population of 2,473 people<2> (see below for details).

Orchard Lake Village is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The city of Orchard Lake Village has also been called Orchard Lake.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Orchard Lake Village had an population of 2,473 people. This is an increase of 4.13% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 11.65% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Orchard Lake Village had a population of 2,375 people. This makes Orchard Lake Village the county's 33rd most populous community.

The population of Orchard Lake Village represents 0.02% of the population of Michigan (which has 9,883,640 people), making it the state's 227th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,375 people, the population of Orchard Lake Village increased 7.22% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,215 people).

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

Websites for Orchard Lake Village ...

Official Website: www.cityoforchardlake.com/

Communities near Orchard Lake Village ...

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

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 Lake Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Orchard Lake Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Orchard Lake Village. 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 Lake Village.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchard Lake Village ...

Looking for more information about Orchard Lake Village? 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 Lake Village, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Orchard Lake Village.

Adding Orchard Lake Village to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orchard Lake Village 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 Lake Village was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orchard Lake Village.

The official website for Orchard Lake Village: www.cityoforchardlake.com/

The official website for Oakland County: www.co.oakland.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Oakland, 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 Lake Village.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orchard Lake Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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