Welcome to Fair Hill ...

Fair Hill is located in Cecil County<1>.

The location of Fair Hill 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 Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1846.

Fair Hill is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Fair Hill: (410), (443)<4> & (667).

Websites for Fair Hill ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cecilchamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Fair Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named Fair Hill: This one is located in Cecil County and the other is located in Harford County.

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

Communities near Fair Hill ...

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

• Wilmington
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <5>
• Newark
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <5>
• Middletown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,765 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <5>
• Elkton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Elkton is located in Cecil County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <5>
• Havre de Grace
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havre de Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre de Grace
  • Havre de Grace is located in Harford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,147 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Havre de Grace <5>
• Coatesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <5>
• Kennett Square
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett Square
  • Kennett Square is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennett Square <5>
• Elsmere
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Elsmere is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
• Oxford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <5>
• New Castle
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • New Castle is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,394 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Castle <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 Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fair Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Hill ...

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

Adding Fair Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Hill 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 Hill was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Cecil County: www.ccgov.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/