Fitler, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Fitler is located in Mississippi
Fitler
Fitler
Fitler is located in the United States
Fitler
Fitler
Coordinates: 32°43′31″N 91°02′01″W / 32.72528°N 91.03361°W / 32.72528; -91.03361
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyIssaquena
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID691861[1]

Fitler is an unincorporated community in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Fitler is located on Mississippi Highway 1, approximately six miles west of Onward. Fitler had a post office from about 1901 to 1976.[2]

In 2012, a 697.5 lb (316.4 kg) alligator was taken at a hunting camp near Fitler, setting a new Mississippi weight record.[3]

Robert E. Foster, who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1931, lived in Fitler.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Fitler, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Jim Forte Postal History".
  3. ^ "New Record Gator Bagged in MIssissippi". KNOE.COM. September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014.
  4. ^ Mississippi. Department of Archives and History (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 246.


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