Orchard is an

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, a

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, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County,

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. The CDP is a part of the

Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,111. The county seat is Fort Morgan. The county was named after old Fort Morgan, which in turn was named in honor of Colonel Christop ...

. The Orchard post office has the ZIP Code 80649. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Orchard CDP was 76.

History

The Orchard post office has been in operation since 1882. The community was named for a grove of cottonwood trees near the original town site. Orchard is the town that was used to film James Michener's miniseries ''

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''. Most if not all of the remnants of the production sets are now gone. Orchard Colorado September 2018

Geography

Orchard is in western Morgan County along

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, north of the

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. Highway 144 leads northeast, then southeast down the South Platte valley to

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, the Morgan

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, and south to U.S. Route 34. The Orchard CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

References

External links

Orchard @ UncoverColorado.comJackson Lake State ParkMorgan County website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Morgan County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado

History

Geography

Demographics

See also

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