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Welcome to Fisk ...

Fisk is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Fisk is located in Coleman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fisk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Fisk is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Fisk: 325

Communities Also Named Fisk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Fisk - they are located in Alabama, California, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri (2), Oklahoma, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Fisk ...

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

  • Coleman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Santa Anna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Voss
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Valera
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gouldbusk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rockwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Talpa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Glen Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
  • Trickham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Trickham is located in Coleman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trickham
    • Former name for Trickham:
    • Trick'em
  • Waldrip
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Waldrip is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrip

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fisk ...

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

Adding Fisk to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fisk 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 Fisk was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fisk.

Footnotes ...

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