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Welcome to Fayetteville ...

The city of Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County<1> and is the County Seat for Cumberland County.

Fayetteville was established in 1762.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Fayetteville for more information about variations on the name of Fayetteville.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Fayetteville has a population of 212,093 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Fayetteville is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Fayetteville: 910 & 472<4>

The ZIP codes for Fayetteville: 28301-28309, 28311-28312, 28314<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fayetteville had an population of 212,093 people. This is an increase of 5.75% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 75.26% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Fayetteville had a population of 200,564 people (which is 61.3% of the total population of Cumberland County). This makes Fayetteville the county's most populous community.

The population of Fayetteville represents 2.1% of the total population of North Carolina (which has 9,535,483 people), making it the state's 6th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 200,564 people, the population of Fayetteville increased 65.73% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 121,015 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Fayetteville.

Communities Also Named Fayetteville ...

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

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

Websites for Fayetteville ...

Official Website:   www.cityoffayetteville.org/

Junior League:   www.jlfay.org/

Communities near Fayetteville ...

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

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. Our list includes 66 papers. 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fayetteville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 (so far) for Fayetteville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Fayetteville post office opened in 1792.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fayetteville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Cumberland, 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 Fayetteville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fayetteville - 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 Fayetteville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Fayetteville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Fayetteville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fayetteville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Fayetteville includes: 28301, 28302, 28303, 28304, 28305, 28306, 28307, 28308, 28311 & 28312.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/