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Orondo, Washington

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A 127-acre camping park with 1.5 miles of Columbia River shoreline on the elevated edge of the desert scab-lands. First established as an orchard/ranch site in 1928, the name derived as the first letters of Auvil brother: Dave, Robert, and Grandy. A new peach was developed cataloged as the Daroga
216:. The area is well known for its robust agriculture industry, and produce fruits such as apples, cherries and pears. The name was derived from a mythical Great Lake Indian and was first settled in the late 19th century by late Washington politician, 810:(1999), Orondo is mentioned when one of two Spanish speaking brothers on a bus asked Catherine Donnelly, where they are and wondering how long till they arrive at Orondo. The brothers then mentioned that they work at Orondo picking apples. 1530: 1520: 288:
The district is a "non-high" school district and has no high school opportunity in the town. As a result, the neighboring schools provide high school education for Freshman through Senior students.
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established in 1972, the park has been a recreational site since 1976. The port of Douglas and Chelan County PUD own property within the park boundaries.
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In October 2017, the port of Douglas has asked the Chelan PUD take over operation and ownership of the facility due to the park losing money for years.
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Peach. In 1981, Grady Auvil sold the property to the state of Washington and is now currently owned by the Chelan County PUD but operated by
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The Auvil Fruit Company is located in Orondo. With the help of founder Grady Auvil, the company introduced the apple cultivar
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According to United States Census, the population is estimated to be 1995 with a marginal error of 338 as of 2017.
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The town has one school district that operates the preschool, elementary and middle school.
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1888, Smith donated a plot of land to attract more settlers to Orondo
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Nicknames and Sobriquets of U.S. Cities, States, and Counties
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1887, the townsite of Orondo was established by J.B Smith.
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Washington (state) populated places on the Columbia River
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Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Washington
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Unincorporated Community in Washington, United States
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Unincorporated Community
An apple orchard in the Orondo area.
47°37′33″N 120°13′31″W / 47.62583°N 120.22528°W / 47.62583; -120.22528
Country
United States
State
Washington
County
Douglas
ZIP code
Area code
509
unincorporated community
Douglas County
Washington
United States
Columbia River
Wenatchee
East Wenatchee
Metropolitan Statistical Area
John B. Smith
Granny Smith
M26 root stock
Fuji Apples
U.S. Post Office
U.S. Highway 97
Daroga State Park
Washington State Parks

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