Welcome to Fair Oaks ...

Fair Oaks is located in Orange County<1>.

The location of Fair Oaks has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Oaks, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1872.

Fair Oaks is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Fair Oaks lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Fair Oaks ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fair Oaks, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Fair Oaks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Fair Oaks - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California (6), Georgia (2), Illinois (3), Indiana, Missouri, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Tennessee (2), Texas and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Fair Oaks ...

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

• Palm Tree
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
• Kiryas Joel
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
  • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
• Middletown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,023 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
• Monroe
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monroe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <4>
• Port Jervis
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Jervis
  • Port Jervis is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,453 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Jervis <4>
• Warwick
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <4>
• Walden
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
  • Walden is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <4>
• Monticello
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Monticello is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,402 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monticello <4>
• Washingtonville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
  • Washingtonville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,730 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Washingtonville <4>
• Goshen
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Goshen is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,337 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goshen <4>

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 Fair Oaks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fair Oaks.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Oaks ...

Looking for more information about Fair Oaks? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fair Oaks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fair Oaks.

Adding Fair Oaks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Oaks 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 for Fair Oaks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fair Oaks post office opened in 1872.

We also found Fair Oaks in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fair Oaks.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fair Oaks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/