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Welcome to Fishville ...

Fishville is located in Grant Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fishville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Fishville is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fishville: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Fishville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Fishville - they are located in Iowa and Michigan (2).

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

Communities near Fishville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fishville ...

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

Adding Fishville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fishville post office opened in 1886. The Fishville post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fishville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fishville - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Fishville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Fishville 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/