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Welcome to Fitler ...

Fitler is located in Issaquena County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fitler, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Fitler is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Fitler ...

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

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

Communities near Fitler ...

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

  • Lake Providence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rolling Fork
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mayersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayersville
    • Mayersville is located in Issaquena County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Cary
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cary have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Cary is located in Sharkey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
  • Onward
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Onward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
    • Onward is located in Sharkey County
  • Blanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
    • Blanton is located in Sharkey County
  • Issaquena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquena
    • Issaquena is located in Sharkey County
  • Tallula
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tallula. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallula
    • Tallula is located in Issaquena County
  • Smedes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smedes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedes
    • Smedes is located in Sharkey County
  • Transylvania
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Transylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transylvania
    • Transylvania is located in East Carroll Parish (LA)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Transylvania <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fitler ...

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

Adding Fitler to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fitler 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 for Fitler was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fitler post office opened in 1901.

We also found Fitler on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fitler.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Issaquena, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fitler - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/