Welcome to Fancher ...

Fancher is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fancher, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Fancher is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fancher: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Fancher ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Fancher - they are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Mississippi, New York and Ohio.

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

Communities near Fancher ...

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

• Stevens Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Plover
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Plover is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
• Waupaca
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
• Whiting
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Iola
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Iola is located in Waupaca County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
• Amherst
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Plainfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
• Biron
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Biron is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
• Park Ridge
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Park Ridge is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 496 people
• Rosholt
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rosholt is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 481 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 Fancher. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fancher.

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

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

Adding Fancher to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fancher post office opened in 1891. The Fancher post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fancher.