Fletcher Explained

Fletcher may refer to:

People and fictional characters

• Fletcher (surname), including lists of people and fictional characters
• Fletcher (given name), lists of people and fictional characters
• Fletcher (occupation), a person who fletches arrows, the origin of the surname
• Fletcher (singer), American actress and singer-songwriter Cari Elise Fletcher (born 1994)

Places

United States

• Fletcher, California, a former settlement
• Fletcher, the original name of Aurora, Colorado, a home rule municipality
• Fletcher, Illinois, an unincorporated community
• Fletcher, Indiana, an unincorporated town
• Fletcher, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Fletcher, North Carolina, a suburb of Asheville
• Fletcher, Ohio, a village
• Fletcher, Oklahoma, a town
• Fletcher, Vermont, a town
• Fletcher, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Fletcher, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Fletcher Hills, San Diego County, California, a mountain range
• Fletcher Pond, Michigan, a man-made body of water
• Fletcher Peak, Yosemite National Park, California

Antarctica

• Fletcher Islands, George V Land
  • Fletcher Island, largest of the Fletcher Islands
• Fletcher Peninsula, Ellsworth Land
• Fletcher Ice Rise

Elsewhere

• Fletcher, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Newcastle
• Fletcher, Ontario, Canada, a farming community
• Fletcher Island (Nunavut), Canada
• Fletcher's Canal, Greater Manchester, England
• 3265 Fletcher, an asteroid

Aviation

• Fletcher Aviation, a US aircraft manufacturer
• PAC Fletcher, a New Zealand agricultural aircraft
• Fletcher Field, a public-use airport in Coahoma County, Mississippi

Ships

• Fletcher class, a type of US Navy destroyer
• USS Fletcher (DD-445), lead ship of the Fletcher class, served during World War II
• USS Fletcher (DD-992), a destroyer

Education

• The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a graduate school of Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
• Duncan U. Fletcher High School, Neptune Beach, Florida, United States
• Fletcher High School, Gweru, Zimbabwe
• Fletcher Hall (Gainesville, Florida), a dormitory building on the campus of the University of Florida

Other uses

• Fletcher Construction, a major New Zealand construction company
• Fletcher baronets, four titles, one of which is still extant
• Fletcher Collection, a collection of British postage stamps in the British Library
• Fletcher (typeface), a geometrically constructed blackletter typeface
• Needlegun or fletcher, a firearm that fires flechettes

See also

• Fletcher's checksum, a checksum used to provide error-detection in computing