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Welcome to Orchard Gardens ...

Orchard Gardens is located in Hanover County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Orchard Gardens: Orchard Gdns. (or less commonly used: Orchard Gardns., Orchard Grdens. or Orchard Grdns.)

Orchard Gardens is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Orchard Gardens: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Orchard Gardens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orchard Gardens - it's located in Utah.

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

Communities near Orchard Gardens ...

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

  • Richmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mechanicsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Atlee Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
  • Highland Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Westwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Westwood is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
  • East Highland Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • East Highland Park is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Highland Park
  • Fair Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Green Meadows
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Meadows is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Oak Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Hill is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orchard Gardens ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Orchard Gardens - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Orchard Gardens area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Orchard Gardens 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.