Orchard, Iowa

About Orchard

Orchard is a tiny community in northern Iowa, home to 64 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Orchard holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.1 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 640 residents per square mile.

📰 Orchard News Today

• Ripe for pickin’: Apple season underway at Little Sioux Orchard The N'West Iowa REVIEW · Oct 5
• 8 pumpkin patches to visit near Des Moines this fall The Des Moines Register · Oct 3
• LIST: Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, apple orchards in central Iowa WHO13.com · Sep 22
• Mt. Vernon apple orchard to stay closed this fall after losing most of its crop KCRG · Sep 14
• The 6 best Iowa City area pumpkin patches, orchards for fall fun - Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa City Press-Citizen · Sep 16

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What Makes Orchard Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.1 sq mi.
• With 64 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in northern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Orchard

• Restoration Marsh · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Rock Creek Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Seters' Landing · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Slough Creek Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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