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Welcome to Orchards ...

Orchards is located in Wake County<1>.

Orchards is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Orchards: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Orchards ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Orchards - they are located in Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Orchards ...

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

  • Raleigh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Durham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <4>
  • Apex
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <4>
  • Wake Forest
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Garner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fuquay - Varina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Morrisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clayton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchards ...

Looking for more information about Orchards? 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 Orchards, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Orchards.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orchards - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Orchards area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Orchards area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.