Orchard Mesa is a

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(CDP) in and governed by Mesa County,

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, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Orchard Mesa CDP was 6,688 at the 2020 census. The Grand Junction

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( ZIP Code 81503) serves the area.

Geography

Orchard Mesa is in central Mesa County, on the southeast side of the city of Grand Junction, the

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. It is bordered to the north by the

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and to the southwest by the

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, its tributary. U.S. Route 50 passes through the community, leading northwest into Grand Junction and southeast to Delta. The Orchard Mesa CDP has an area of , of which , or 2.40%, are water.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

References

External links

Mesa County website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Mesa County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado

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