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Welcome to Fixer ...

Fixer is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fixer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Fixer is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fixer: 606

Communities near Fixer ...

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

  • Stanton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Beattyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clay City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ravenna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Frenchburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Campton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Booneville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Barker Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Barker Branch is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch
  • Fincastle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fincastle is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fixer ...

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

Adding Fixer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fixer 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 Fixer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fixer post office opened in 1917. The Fixer post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fixer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fixer - 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>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/