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Welcome to Fawn River ...

Fawn River is located in Saint Joseph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fawn River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for Fawn River: Fawn Riv.

Fawn River is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Fawn River, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Fawn River: 269

Communities near Fawn River ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fawn River ...

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

Adding Fawn River to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fawn River post office opened in 1844. The Fawn River post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fawn River.

Footnotes ...

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