Welcome to Fruita ...Fruita is located in Wallowa County<1>. 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.<2> 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 travel east from Fruita, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Codes for Fruita: 541 & 458<3> 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.
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> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fruita. Footnotes ...
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