Orchard, Colorado

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. 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 Centennial. Most if not all of the remnants of the production sets are now gone.
On August 2nd 2024 Orchard was renamed Centennial for one day in honor of the filming.

Geography

Orchard is in western Morgan County along Colorado State [Highway 144], north of the South Platte River. Highway 144 leads northeast, then southeast down the South Platte valley to Fort Morgan, the Morgan county seat, and south to U.S. Route 34. The Orchard CDP has an area of, all land.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the