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.

• Bicknell
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicknell
  • Bicknell is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bicknell <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bicknell
  • From Fruita to Bicknell
• Torrey
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrey
  • Torrey is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Torrey <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Torrey
  • From Fruita to Torrey
• Grover
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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  • Grover is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Grover
  • From Fruita to Grover
• Notom ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Notom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notom
  • Notom is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Notom
  • From Fruita to Notom
• Aldridge ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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  • Aldridge is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Aldridge
  • From Fruita to Aldridge
• Caineville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caineville
  • Caineville is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caineville <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Caineville
  • From Fruita to Caineville
• Teasdale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
  • Teasdale is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teasdale <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Teasdale
  • From Fruita to Teasdale
• Lyman
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
  • Lyman is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lyman
  • From Fruita to Lyman
• Giles ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
  • Giles is located in Wayne County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Giles
  • From Fruita to Giles
• Loa
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loa
  • Loa is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loa <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Loa
  • From Fruita to Loa

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>

X2X - 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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/