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Welcome to Fletcher ...

Fletcher is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Fletcher is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fletcher, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Fletcher is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Fletcher ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Fletcher - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (2), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Fletcher ...

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

  • Beaumont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Vidor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Vidor is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,310 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidor <3>
  • Silsbee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kountze
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sour Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bevil Oaks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bevil Oaks is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevil Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,209 people
  • China
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • China is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China <3>
  • Pine Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Forest is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
  • Rose City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rose City is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
  • Rose Hill Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rose Hill Acres is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fletcher ...

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

Adding Fletcher to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fletcher post office opened in 1914. The Fletcher post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fletcher.

Footnotes ...

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