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

• Wilson’s Orchard expands to polyculture farming KCRG · Jul 31
• Obituary information for Jack Orchard - Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home · Feb 14
• Quilt combines art and science to reduce nitrates at central Iowa orchard WHO13.com · Aug 5
• Lawsuit and counterclaim involving Orchard Place are settled Iowa Capital Dispatch · Mar 31
• A sweet success: Center Grove Orchard hosts Spring on the Farm Iowa State Daily · Jun 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

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.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Orchard

🏘️ Nearby Communities