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Welcome to Fleece ...

Fleece is located in Pembina County<1>.

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

Fleece is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fleece: 701

Communities near Fleece ...

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

  • Cavalier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Hallock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Hallock is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 904 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hallock <3>
  • Drayton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Emerson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pembina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Saint Thomas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kennedy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennedy <3>
  • Saint Vincent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Vincent is located in Kittson County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vincent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
  • Bathgate
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fleece ...

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

Adding Fleece to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fleece post office opened in 1912. The Fleece post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fleece.

Footnotes ...

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