Welcome to Fair Haven ...

Fair Haven is located in Carroll County<1>.

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While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Haven, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Fair Haven: Fair Hvn. (or less commonly used: Fair Havn.)

Fair Haven is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fair Haven: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Fair Haven ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Fair Haven - they are located in Connecticut, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fair Haven ...

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

Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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- Clinton is located in Clinton County (IA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,039 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Sterling is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <4>
Rock Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Rock Falls is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,648 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Falls <4>
Morrison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrison have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Morrison is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,950 people
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Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,285 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <4>
Savanna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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- Savanna is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,777 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savanna <4>
Polo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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- Polo is located in Ogle County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,158 people
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Prophetstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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- Prophetstown is located in Whiteside County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
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Mount Carroll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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- Mount Carroll is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,562 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carroll <4>
Lanark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Lanark is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,321 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lanark <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 Haven. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fair Haven.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Haven ...

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

Adding Fair Haven to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Haven 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 Haven was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found Fair Haven on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1870.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Carroll County: visitcarrollcountyil.com/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fair Haven - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Fair Haven area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Fair Haven area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.