Welcome to Pletcher ...

Pletcher is located in Chilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pletcher, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Pletcher is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pletcher lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Pletcher ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pletcher.

• Clanton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Clanton is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clanton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clanton <3>
• Jemison
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jemison is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jemison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,693 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jemison <3>
• Thorsby
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Thorsby is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorsby
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thorsby <3>
• Maplesville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Maplesville is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maplesville <3>
• Billingsley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Billingsley is located in Autauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billingsley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billingsley <3>
• Stanton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stanton is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
• Haynes
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Haynes is located in Autauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
• Plantersville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Plantersville is located in Dallas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
• Riderville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Riderville is located in Chilton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderville
• Vine Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vine Hill is located in Autauga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Hill

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pletcher. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pletcher.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pletcher. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pletcher.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pletcher. See our Newspapers Page for Pletcher.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pletcher ...

Looking for more information about Pletcher? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pletcher, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pletcher.

Adding Pletcher to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pletcher in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pletcher was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pletcher post office opened in 1898. The Pletcher post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pletcher.