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Welcome to Fouch ...

Fouch is located in Leelanau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fouch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Fouch is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fouch: 231

Communities near Fouch ...

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

  • Traverse City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk Rapids
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Kingsley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsley is located in Grand Traverse County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsley <3>
  • Suttons Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Empire
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Honor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Ann
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Isadore ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Isadore is located in Leelanau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore
  • Bodus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bodus is located in Leelanau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodus
  • Greilickville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greilickville is located in Leelanau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greilickville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fouch ...

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

Adding Fouch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fouch post office opened in 1893. The Fouch post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fouch.

Footnotes ...

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