Orondo, Washington

Orondo
Unincorporated Community
Orondo, Washington
An apple orchard in the Orondo area.
An apple orchard in the Orondo area.
Motto: 
The Town Which Held The Key[1][2]
Map
Coordinates: 47°37′33″N 120°13′31″W / 47.62583°N 120.22528°W / 47.62583; -120.22528
CountryUnited States
StateWashington
CountyDouglas
Elevation
758 ft (231 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Estimate 
(2017)
1,995[3]
ZIP code
98843
Area code509

Orondo is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Washington, United States, located alongside the eastern part of the Columbia River. It is part of the Wenatchee–East Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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, John B. Smith.[4][5]

The Auvil Fruit Company is located in Orondo. With the help of founder Grady Auvil, the company introduced the apple cultivar Granny Smith, thus establishing the M26 root stock and fostering quality production of Fuji Apples in Washington State.[6]

The town supports a U.S. Post Office, an elementary school, and a multitude of fruit stands along U.S. Highway 97.

According to United States Census, the population is estimated to be 1995 with a marginal error of 338 as of 2017.[7]

Parks

Daroga State Park: 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 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 Washington State Parks.[8]

Orondo River Park: 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.[9]

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.[10][11]

Education

The town has one school district that operates the preschool, elementary and middle school.[12]

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.[13]

History

1887, the townsite of Orondo was established by J.B Smith.

1888, Smith donated a plot of land to attract more settlers to Orondo

Agricultural Industry

Environment

Climate

Climate data for Orondo, Washington
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 55
(13) 		62
(17) 		76
(24) 		82
(28) 		97
(36) 		102
(39) 		107
(42) 		103
(39) 		100
(38) 		87
(31) 		70
(21) 		60
(16) 		107
(42)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 35
(2) 		42
(6) 		54
(12) 		63
(17) 		71
(22) 		78
(26) 		86
(30) 		87
(31) 		78
(26) 		63
(17) 		45
(7) 		34
(1) 		61
(16)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 22
(−6) 		25
(−4) 		31
(−1) 		36
(2) 		42
(6) 		48
(9) 		53
(12) 		53
(12) 		46
(8) 		37
(3) 		29
(−2) 		21
(−6) 		37
(3)
Record low °F (°C) −13
(−25) 		−9
(−23) 		14
(−10) 		26
(−3) 		30
(−1) 		33
(1) 		42
(6) 		37
(3) 		27
(−3) 		11
(−12) 		2
(−17) 		−16
(−27) 		−16
(−27)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.82
(46) 		1.37
(35) 		1.10
(28) 		0.68
(17) 		0.90
(23) 		0.83
(21) 		0.32
(8.1) 		0.26
(6.6) 		0.41
(10) 		0.96
(24) 		2.14
(54) 		2.39
(61) 		13.18
(333.7)
Source: [14]

Literature

In East of the Mountains (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.[15]

References

  1. ^ Steele, Richard F.; Rose, Arthur P. (1904). "An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country: Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties, State of Washington".
  2. ^ Kane, Joseph Nathan; Alexander, Gerard L. (1979). Nicknames and Sobriquets of U.S. Cities, States, and Counties. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810812550.
  3. ^ "Explore Census Data".
  4. ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
  5. ^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 202.
  6. ^ "Auvil Fruit Company | Premium Fruit Grower". Auvil Fruit Company | Premium Fruit Grower. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Daroga State Park | Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission". parks.state.wa.us. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  9. ^ "Orondo River Park". www.chelanpud.org. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  10. ^ "Chelan County PUD is building 2018 budget with no electric rate increase". www.chelanpud.org. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Hair, Steve (June 5, 2018). "DOUGLAS PORT APPEALS TO PUD TO TAKE OVER ORONDO PARK". NCWLIFE. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  12. ^ "Orondo School District / Homepage". http. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  13. ^ "High School Services / Program". http. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  14. ^ "weather.com". Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  15. ^ Guterson, David. (2000). East of the mountains. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-4508-1. OCLC 42578805.

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