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History · Orchard Hill

Orchard Hill’s post office opened in 1874

Most of Orchard Hill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1980.

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How Orchard Hill began

When was Orchard Hill founded?

1874

The Orchard Hill post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 162 in 19802020 census: 219152 years
Founding year: the first Orchard Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Orchard Hill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Orchard Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orchard Hill’s history is told.

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The story

How Orchard Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Orchard Hill.

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Orchard Hill was named for the setting of the original town site. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Orchard Hill as a town in 1912.

In 1946, a grain elevator was built in Orchard Hill, the first of the state. Today it's a prominent landmark in the city.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Orchard Hill, 1874 to 1951

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Orchard Hill post office opens
  3. 1894Born hereSi Bell is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Orchard Hill, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Orchard Hill City Hall, July 20252025Orchard Hill City Hall, July 2025Orchard Hill Post Office2020Orchard Hill Post OfficeOrchard Hill Cityscape2014Orchard Hill CityscapeGAMap-doton-OrchardHill2005GAMap-doton-OrchardHill
On the map

Orchard Hill on the map, 1951 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Orchard Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Orchard Hill on the 1951 USGS mapOrchard Hill on the 1982 USGS map1951Barnesville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Orchard Hill.

People over time

Orchard Hill, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 239

Between 162 and 239 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Orchard Hill’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Orchard Hill’s history

What year was Orchard Hill founded?

The Orchard Hill post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.