Orchard is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Orchard post office has the ZIP Code 80649. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Orchard CDP was 90, while the population of the 80649 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 299 including adjacent areas.
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 Centennial. Most if not all of the remnants of the production sets are now gone.
Geography
The Orchard CDP has an area of , including of water.
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the
