Welcome to Fair Play ...

Fair Play is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Fair Play is located in Panola County<1>.

The location of Fair Play 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 Play, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Fair Play is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Fair Play lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Fair Play: (903) & (430)<4>

Communities Also Named Fair Play ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Fair Play - they are located in California (2), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Fair Play ...

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

• Henderson
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Henderson is located in Rusk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <5>
• Carthage
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Carthage is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,354 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <5>
• Tatum
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
  • Tatum is located in Rusk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatum <5>
• Timpson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timpson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpson
  • Timpson is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timpson <5>
• Beckville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckville
  • Beckville is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beckville <5>
• Easton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
  • Easton is located in Gregg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <5>
• Mount Enterprise
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Enterprise
  • Mount Enterprise is located in Rusk County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Enterprise <5>
• Gary City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary City
  • Gary City is located in Panola County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary City <5>
• Clayton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Panola County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <5>
• Long Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Long Branch is located in Panola County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Branch <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Play ...

Looking for more information about Fair Play? 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 Play, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fair Play.

Adding Fair Play to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Play 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 Play was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Fair Play in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Fair Play post office opened in 1851.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/