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Welcome to Fletcher ...

Fletcher is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fletcher, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Fletcher is 3,510 feet [1,070 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fletcher is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Fletcher lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fletcher: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Fletcher ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Fletcher - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (2), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fletcher.

Communities near Fletcher ...

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

  • Orofino
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kamiah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cottonwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Craigmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nezperce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Winchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Culdesac
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peck
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Peck is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peck <4>
  • Ferdinand
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Reubens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Reubens is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people

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 Fletcher. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fletcher.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fletcher. 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 Fletcher.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fletcher ...

Looking for more information about Fletcher? 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 Fletcher, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fletcher.

Adding Fletcher to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fletcher 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 Fletcher was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fletcher post office opened in 1896. The Fletcher post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fletcher.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fletcher - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Fletcher area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Fletcher area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/