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Welcome to Fair River ...

Fair River is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

A typical abbreviation for Fair River: Fair Riv.

Fair River is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fair River: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Fair River ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wesson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Monticello
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Beauregard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Beauregard is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Silver Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Nola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Nola is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
  • Wellman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellman is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
  • Rosella
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosella is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
  • Tryus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Tryus is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
  • Montgomery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery

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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fair River.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair River ...

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

Adding Fair River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair River 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 (so far) for Fair River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fair River post office opened in 1878. The Fair River post office closed in 1907.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fair River - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Fair River area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Fair River 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/