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Welcome to Orchard Beach ...

Orchard Beach is located in Erie County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Orchard Beach: Orchard Bch.

Orchard Beach is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Orchard Beach: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Orchard Beach ...

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

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

Communities near Orchard Beach ...

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

  • Erie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
  • Wesleyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Westfield is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westfield <4>
  • Mayville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Mayville is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayville <4>
  • Sherman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherman is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sherman <4>
  • Wattsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hornby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hornby is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
  • Findley Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Forsyth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Forsyth is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchard Beach ...

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

Adding Orchard Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Orchard Beach 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 Beach was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orchard Beach - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Orchard Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Orchard Beach 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.