Welcome to Fruita ...

Fruita is located in Wallowa County<1>.

The location of Fruita has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fruita, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Fruita is 3,610 feet [1,100 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Fruita is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Fruita lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Fruita and travel east, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area codes for Fruita: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Fruita ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Fruita - they are located in Colorado, Florida and Utah.

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

Communities near Fruita ...

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

• Homestead ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Homestead is located in Baker County
• Oxbow
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
  • Oxbow is located in Baker County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxbow <5>
• Joseph
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
  • Joseph is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joseph <5>
• Imnaha
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imnaha
  • Imnaha is located in Wallowa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imnaha <5>
• Cornucopia ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
• Pollock
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
  • Pollock is located in Idaho County (ID)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock <5>
• Enterprise
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Enterprise is located in Wallowa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <5>
• Jimtown
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Jimtown is located in Baker County
• Halfway
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Halfway is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halfway <5>
• Riggins
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins
  • Riggins is located in Idaho County (ID)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riggins <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fruita ...

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

Adding Fruita to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fruita post office opened in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fruita.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fruita. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wallowa County: www.co.wallowa.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/