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Welcome to Fruitland Park ...

Fruitland Park is located in Forrest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fruitland Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Fruitland Park is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fruitland Park: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Fruitland Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fruitland Park - it's located in Florida.

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

Communities near Fruitland Park ...

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

  • Wiggins
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lumberton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Carnes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Carnes is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
  • Brooklyn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Smith Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith Town is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
  • McHenry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • McHenry is located in Stone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
  • Howison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Howison is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howison
  • McLaurin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • McLaurin is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
  • Hillsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Saucier
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Fruitland Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fruitland Park.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fruitland Park ...

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

Adding Fruitland Park to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fruitland Park post office opened in 1915. The Fruitland Park post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fruitland Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Forrest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fruitland Park - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Fruitland Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Fruitland Park 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/