Orchard is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States.

The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] The community was named for a grove of cottonwood trees near the original town site.

[citation needed] Orchard is in western Morgan County along Colorado State Highway 144, north of the South Platte River.

Highway 144 leads northeast, then southeast down the South Platte valley 23 miles (37 km) to Fort Morgan, the Morgan county seat, and south 4 miles (6 km) to U.S. Route 34.