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Welcome to Frayser ...

Frayser is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frayser, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Frayser is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Frayser: 901

Communities near Frayser ...

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

  • Memphis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bartlett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Southaven
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Olive Branch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Germantown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
  • Horn Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • West Memphis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lakeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Marion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <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 Frayser. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Frayser.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frayser ...

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

Adding Frayser to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Frayser post office opened in 1877. The Frayser post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frayser.

Footnotes ...

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