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Welcome to Fickle ...

Fickle is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fickle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Fickle is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fickle lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Fickle (for example, toward Alvin (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Fickle: 765

Communities near Fickle ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fickle ...

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

Adding Fickle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fickle post office opened in 1888.

We also found Fickle in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fickle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fickle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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