Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Indian River
- Settled
- c. Late 1880s-1886
- Incorporated
- May 12th, 1965
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Robert "Bob" J. Gibbons
- Vice mayor
- Paul Knapp
- Councilmembers
- Daniel McEvoy, James "Jim" Raphalian, and, John Heanue
- Town manager
- Cherry D. Stowe-Siewe
- Town clerk
- Jane M. Garcia
- Total
- 1.89 sq mi (4.89 km )
- Land
- 1.24 sq mi (3.20 km )
- Water
- 0.65 sq mi (1.69 km )
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 417.6/sq mi (161.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
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Encyclopedic overview
Orchid is a town in Indian River County, Florida, United States. The Town of Orchid is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 516 at the 2020 US Census, up from 415 in the 2010 US Census.
Most of the town is actually a gated community called Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club. East of SR A1A, there is a beach front condominium complex. The rest of Orchid is uninhabited islands. Some of the islands are Plug Island, Preachers Island, and Horseshoe Island. North of Horseshoe Island is Pelican Island, the first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. Running along the town limits (mostly) is the historic, unpaved Jungle Trail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orchid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.