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Welcome to Fairdale ...

So far, we found very little information about Fairdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fairdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fairdale, please Contact Us.

Fairdale would have been located within present day Yamhill County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fairdale is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Fairdale was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Fairdale was located: 503 & 971<4>

Communities Also Named Fairdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Fairdale - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Fairdale ...

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

  • McMinnville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Newberg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cornelius
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheridan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lafayette
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dundee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Carlton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Amity
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Amity is located in Yamhill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,722 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amity <5>

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

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

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

Adding Fairdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fairdale 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 Fairdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fairdale post office opened in 1885. The Fairdale post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fairdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Yamhill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairdale - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Fairdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Fairdale 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>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/