The population jumped to 688 in 2010.
The core of the village, as well as its surrounding landscape and transportation patterns, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as the Fischer Historic District.
Although it is unincorporated, Fischer has a post office, with the ZIP code 78623.
In 2016, a species of fossil sea urchins called Tetragramma donaldtrumpi was discovered by William R. Thompson, Jr. in the community.