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Welcome to Fruit City ...

Fruit City is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Fruit City is located in Reynolds County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fruit City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Fruit City is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fruit City: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Fruit City ...

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

  • Ellington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Buren
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bunker
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Annapolis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Corridon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Corridon is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corridon
  • Redford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Redford is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redford
  • Reynolds
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Reynolds is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
  • Bee Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bee Fork is located in Reynolds County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Fork
  • Lesterville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fruit City ...

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

Adding Fruit City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fruit City in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fruit City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fruit City post office opened in 1912. The Fruit City post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fruit City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Reynolds, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fruit City - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Fruit City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Fruit City 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/