Welcome to Fishers Landing ...
Fishers Landing is located in Nantucket County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Fishers Landing: Fishers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Fishers Lndng.)
See our Genealogy Helper Page for Fishers Landing for more information about variations on the name of Fishers Landing.
Fishers Landing is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Fishers Landing lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Fishers Landing: 508 & 774<3>
Communities Also Named Fishers Landing ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fishers Landing - they are located in Arizona and New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fishers Landing.
Communities near Fishers Landing ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fishers Landing.
- Nantucket
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nantucket is located in Nantucket County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantucket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,376 people
- Edgartown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edgartown is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
- Pocomo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pocomo is located in Nantucket County
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- Siasconset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Siasconset is located in Nantucket County
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- Katama
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Katama is located in Dukes County
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- Oak Bluffs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
- Hyannis Port
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hyannis Port is located in Barnstable County
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- Maushop Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maushop Village is located in Barnstable County
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- New Seabury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Seabury is located in Barnstable County
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- Popponesset Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Popponesset Island is located in Barnstable County
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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 Fishers Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fishers Landing.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fishers Landing. 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 Fishers Landing.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fishers Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Fishers Landing.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Nantucket, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fishers Landing - 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Fishers Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Fishers Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |