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Welcome to Fair Bluff ...

The town of Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1815.

A typical abbreviation for Fair Bluff: Fair Blf. (or less commonly used: Fair Bluf.)

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Fair Bluff has a population of 881 people<2> (see below for details).

Fair Bluff is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Fair Bluff: 910 & 472<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fair Bluff had an population of 881 people. This is a decrease of 7.36% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 25.4% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Fair Bluff had a population of 951 people. This makes Fair Bluff the county's 6th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 951 people, the population of Fair Bluff decreased 19.48% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,181 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Fair Bluff.

Communities near Fair Bluff ...

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

  • Whiteville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Mullins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
    • Mullins is located in Marion County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullins <5>
  • Tabor City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Loris
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
    • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <5>
  • Fairmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Chadbourn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Brunswick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Lake View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nichols
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cerro Gordo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cerro Gordo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
    • Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Bluff ...

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

Adding Fair Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Bluff 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 Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Fair Bluff post office opened in 1815.

We also found Fair Bluff 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 Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Columbus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fair Bluff.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fair Bluff - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Fair Bluff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Fair Bluff area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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