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Welcome to Fruita ...

So far, we found very little information about Fruita. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fruita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fruita, please Contact Us.

Fruita would have been located within present day Wayne County<2>.

Fruita was established in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fruita is 5,430 feet [1,655 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Fruita is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Fruita was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Fruita was located: 435

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 Oregon.

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.

Adding Fruita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fruita 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 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 1900.

We also found Fruita on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Utah (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fruita.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fruita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fruita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/