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Welcome to Fleet ...

Fleet is located in Allen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fleet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

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

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

Area Codes for Fleet: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Fleet ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Fleet - they are located in Alberta, South Carolina and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Fleet ...

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

  • Portland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Portland is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <4>
  • Hartsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Lafayette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Scottsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Westmoreland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hall Town
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Castalian Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Woodburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodburn is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
  • New Deal
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 368 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 Fleet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fleet.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fleet ...

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

Adding Fleet to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fleet post office opened in 1902. The Fleet post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fleet.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Allen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fleet - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Fleet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Fleet 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/