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Welcome to Fenmore ...

Fenmore is located in Saginaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fenmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Fenmore is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fenmore: 989

Communities Also Named Fenmore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fenmore - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Fenmore ...

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

  • Owosso
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Johns
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Corunna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ithaca
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesaning
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Charles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Ovid
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ovid is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ovid <3>
  • Laingsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Breckenridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elsie
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Fenmore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fenmore.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fenmore ...

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

Adding Fenmore to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fenmore post office opened in 1899. The Fenmore post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fenmore.

Footnotes ...

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