Orange Cove is a city in Fresno County, California, United States.

[10] Orange Cove is located in the San Joaquin Valley, 8 miles (13 km) east-northeast of Reedley,[11] at an elevation of 423 feet (129 m).

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all of its land.

[12] Elmer M. Sheridan founded the town in 1914, and named it prior to large scale citrus growing.

There were 1,767 housing units at an average density of 1,151.1 per square mile (440/km2).

[16] Lopez was mayor of Orange Cove for over three decades before being voted out of office in 2010.

[19] The community of Orange Cove maintained its own police department for many years.

In 1992 however, the city disbanded its police department, due to an inadequate budget and began contracting with the Fresno County Sheriff's Department for police services.

Orange Cove is served by State Route 63 (SR 63), which approaches the city from Orosi.

Hills Valley Road continues south as County Route J19, which connects to Reedley (via Manning Avenue) and Dinuba.

[22] Orange Cove was formerly served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway along its Porterville-Orosi District branch line.

The station serving this line was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.