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Welcome to The Orchard ...

The Orchard is located in Montgomery County<1>.

The Orchard is 2,240 feet [683 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of The Orchard is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for The Orchard: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named The Orchard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named The Orchard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (3), Texas (2), Utah, Washington (2) and West Virginia (2).

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

Websites for The Orchard ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to The Orchard, the following might be of interest:

Communities near The Orchard ...

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

  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Christiansburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Radford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearisburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Dublin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pembroke
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Prices Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
  • Houchins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Houchins is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houchins
  • Montgomery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Newport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for The Orchard ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around The Orchard - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the The Orchard area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the The Orchard 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.