The first post office in Fisk was established in 1870.[2]
By 1901, Fisk was home to a creamery (the Blue Grass Creamery),[3] a school, and the Fisk Post Office.[4] However, with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery, the Fisk Post Office closed. In 1918, Fisk was described thusly: "In Richland township, Adair county. 10 miles sw of Greenfield, the judicial seat, and 6 w of Orient, the nearest railroad station and banking point, whence mail is supplied by rural delivery." The directory went on to list two general stores: those of A.B. Creighton, and J.J. Perkins.[5]
In 1902, Fisk's population was 37,[6] and in 1924, the population was reported as 28.[7] The population was 37 in 1940.[8]
A school and church were still located in Fisk in 1951.[9]
