Welcome to Fairfax ...Fairfax is located in Monroe County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairfax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. Fairfax is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Fairfax lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Fairfax and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Fairfax: 812 & 930<3> Communities Also Named Fairfax ...While we believe that this Fairfax is located in Monroe County, we know of another 2 Indiana communities named Fairfax. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allen and Madison County. Beyond Indiana, there are 32 communities that are also named Fairfax - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Delaware, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairfax. Communities near Fairfax ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fairfax.
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 Fairfax. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairfax. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairfax. 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 Fairfax. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfax. See our Newspapers Page for Fairfax. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairfax ...Looking for more information about Fairfax? 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 Fairfax, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fairfax. Adding Fairfax to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fairfax in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Fairfax was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairfax. Footnotes ...
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