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Welcome to Fair Harbor ...

Fair Harbor is located on Fire Island.

Fair Harbor is located in Suffolk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fair Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

A typical abbreviation for Fair Harbor: Fair Hbr. (or less commonly used: Fair Harb. or Fair Hrbr.)

Fair Harbor is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fair Harbor: 631 & 934<3>

Communities Also Named Fair Harbor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fair Harbor - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Fair Harbor ...

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

  • Lindenhurst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Massapequa Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mastic Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Patchogue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Babylon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Amityville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Farmingdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Islandia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Brightwaters
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fair Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Fair Harbor? 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 Fair Harbor, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fair Harbor.

Adding Fair Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fair Harbor 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 Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fair Harbor post office opened in 1927. The Fair Harbor post office closed in 1968.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Suffolk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fair Harbor - 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 631 code has been Overlayed with the 934 area code. New phone numbers in the Fair Harbor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 631 or 934. As a result, placing a call in the Fair Harbor 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/