Welcome to Fayetteville ...

Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fayetteville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Fayetteville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you leave Fayetteville and travel south, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Fayetteville is within the boundaries of the (812) area code.

Communities Also Named Fayetteville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Fayetteville: This one is located in Lawrence County and the other is located in Washington County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 17 communities that are also named Fayetteville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Fayetteville ...

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

• Bedford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
  • Bedford is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <4>
• Mitchell
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Mitchell is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,269 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mitchell <4>
• Orleans
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Orleans is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <4>
• Oolitic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oolitic
  • Oolitic is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oolitic <4>
• Shoals
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
  • Shoals is located in Martin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoals <4>
• Crane
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Martin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <4>
• Judah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
  • Judah is located in Lawrence County
• Avoca
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
  • Avoca is located in Lawrence County
• Williams
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
  • Williams is located in Lawrence County
• Springville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
  • Springville is located in Lawrence 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 Fayetteville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fayetteville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fayetteville ...

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

Adding Fayetteville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fayetteville post office opened in 1846.

We also found Fayetteville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fayetteville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov