Orchards, Washington

Orchards is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States.

Several theories exist as to the etymology of the name, but one account states that in 1846, Dugald McTavish, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, surveyed land near the fur trading post, Fort Vancouver.

Wanting a more unique name, residents voted in 1904 to change the name to Orchards, after the many fruit trees in the area.

The community is bordered to the northeast by Hockinson, to the north by Brush Prairie, to the west by Five Corners, and to the south by the city limits of Vancouver.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Orchards CDP has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14.0 km2), all of it land.

Map of Washington highlighting Clark County