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Welcome to Red Fish ...

Red Fish is located in Avoyelles Parish<1>.

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

Red Fish is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Red Fish: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Red Fish ...

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

  • Marksville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bunkie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bunkie is located in Avoyelles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,826 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bunkie <4>
  • Simmesport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cottonport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mansura
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Moreauville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hessmer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Plaucheville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Palmetto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Fish ...

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

Adding Red Fish to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Red Fish post office opened in 1888. The Red Fish post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Fish.

Footnotes ...

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