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Welcome to Fairlawn ...So far, we found very little information about Fairlawn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fairlawn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fairlawn, please Contact Us. Fairlawn would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. The location of Fairlawn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Fairlawn was founded in 1888. While the community is gone, the present day location for Fairlawn is 5,150 feet [1,570 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Fairlawn is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Fairlawn was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Fairlawn still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Fairlawn ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Fairlawn - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairlawn. Communities near Fairlawn ...We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Fairlawn.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fairlawn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairlawn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairlawn. 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 Fairlawn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairlawn. See our Newspapers Page for Fairlawn. Adding Fairlawn to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fairlawn in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fairlawn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Fairlawn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairlawn. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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