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>.

The location of Fairdale has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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

Fairdale would have been located in the (503) & (971)<5> area codes.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinnville
  • McMinnville is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMinnville <6>
• Forest Grove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Forest Grove is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Grove <6>
• Newberg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newberg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberg
  • Newberg is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberg <6>
• Cornelius
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
  • Cornelius is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cornelius <6>
• Sheridan
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Sheridan is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,123 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan <6>
• Lafayette
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
  • Lafayette is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lafayette <6>
• Dundee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Dundee is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,320 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <6>
• Dayton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
  • Dayton is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,753 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <6>
• Carlton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
  • Carlton is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlton <6>
• Amity
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
  • Amity is located in Yamhill County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,722 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amity <6>

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 for Fairdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

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

We also found Fairdale in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairdale.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yamhill County: www.co.yamhill.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/