Welcome to Fair Play ...

Fair Play is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Play, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1860.

Fair Play is 2,320 feet [707 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fair Play is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Fair Play lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Fair Play ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

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

Communities Also Named Fair Play ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Fair Play: This one is located in El Dorado County and the other is located in Sierra County.

Beyond California, there are 7 communities that are also named Fair Play - they are located in Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas 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.

• Placerville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <3>
• Jackson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <3>
• Sutter Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter Creek
  • Sutter Creek is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter Creek <3>
• Plymouth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <3>
• Amador City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador City
  • Amador City is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amador City <3>
• Mount Aukum
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aukum
  • Mount Aukum is located in El Dorado County
  • Mount Aukum has also been known as:
  • Aukum Fork
  • Aukum
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Aukum <3>
• River Pines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Pines
  • River Pines is located in Amador County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for River Pines <3>
• Pleasant Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
• Grizzly Flatx
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Flatx
  • Grizzly Flatx is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grizzly Flatx <3>
• Newtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Newtown is located in El Dorado County

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fair Play, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fair Play post office opened in 1860.

We also found Fair Play in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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 El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/