Orchard is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Orchard got its start in the year 1869, following construction of the Illinois Central Railroad through that territory.

[4] The ghost town of Lithograph City, approximately two miles southwest of Orchard, was founded in the early 1900s adjacent to quarries that produced lithographic limestone.

Production in these quarries peaked during World War I when access to German lithographic limestone was cut off.

In 1915, Lithograph City had 15 houses, a hotel, a dance hall and a museum.

After the war, use of stone blocks in lithography declined, the city was renamed Devonia, and by 1938, no trace of the town remained.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2), all land.

There were 30 housing units at an average density of 295.7 per square mile (114.2/km2).

There were 22.2% of families and 25.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including 25.0% of under eighteens and 38.1% of those over 64.