Orchard is a village in Antelope County,

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, United States. The population was 379 at the 2010 census.

History

Orchard was founded in 1880 when the railroad was extended to that point. It took its name from local apple

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Recreation

Approximately one block north of Orchard Public School, there is a collection of recreational facilities, including two baseball fields, a municipal pool, a playground area, tennis court, and batting cage.

Education

Summerland Public Schools Summerland Public Schools is a school district and K-12 school based in unincorporated Antelope County, Nebraska. Alternate linkat '' Summerland Advocate-Messenger''. The school is near where Summerfield Road crosses with 513 Avenue. The distri ...

formed in 2020 after absorbing the Orchard school district. Orchard was formerly in

Nebraska Unified School District 1 Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sou ...

. Around 2007, the villages of Clearwater, Orchard, Royal and Verdigre became the Unified School District #1 and began sharing administration between them. Subsequent to this, in 2009, presumably due to a lack of funds and a lack of student participation on both ends, school rivals, the Orchard Orioles football team, and the Clearwater Cardinals football team, combined to form the O-C Cyclones. After the initial trial year, it was decided that all sports teams between the two schools would combine under the O-C Cyclones banner. The school systems have since combined to form the Clearwater-Orchard Public Schools. Orchard is served by the Orchard Public Library.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

Climate

This

climatic Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorolog ...

region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, Orchard has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Orchard, Nebraska
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Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 379 people, 176 households, and 111 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 214 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.2%

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, 1.1% from

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, and 0.8% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 176 households, of which 21.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.9% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.71. The median age in the village was 48.3 years. 20.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.3% were from 25 to 44; 29.8% were from 45 to 64; and 24.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.7% male and 49.3% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 391 people, 183 households, and 120 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 208 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 100.00%

. There were 183 households, out of which 20.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were

living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.68. In the village, the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males. As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $21,771, and the median income for a family was $29,063. Males had a median income of $27,813 versus $16,719 for females. The

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for the village was $13,075. About 11.7% of families and 16.3% of the population were below the

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, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 20.2% of those age 65 or over.

Media

The only media is the

Antelope County News The ''Antelope County News'' is a weekly newspaper and website located in Neligh, Nebraska, owned by Pitzer Digital, LLC. It was named the top weekly newspaper in Nebraska in 2018, winning the Loral Johnson Community Sweepstakes Award from the Ne ...

/Orchard News. The publication is now located in

Neligh, Nebraska Neligh is a city in and the county seat of Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,599 at the 2010 census. History In 1872, John D. Neligh and a few of his friends took a trip up the Elkhorn River from West Point, Ne ...

, but remains the legal newspaper for the community. It is owned by Orchard native Carrie Pitzer. While Orchard has no television or radio stations within the village itself,

KGRD KGRD is a Christian radio station licensed to Orchard, Nebraska, broadcasting on 105.3 MHz FM. It is owned by The Praise Network, Inc. KGRD airs Christian Contemporary Music, as well as a variety of Christian Talk and Teaching programs inc ...

is licensed in Orchard, Nebraska. The station is a Christian radio station and broadcasts out of

O'Neill, Nebraska O'Neill is a city in Holt County, Nebraska, Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 3,551 at th2010 census It is the county seat of Holt County. History O'Neill was platted in 1874. It was named for one of its founders, John O'N ...

References

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