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Welcome to Fairplain ...

Fairplain is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairplain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Fairplain is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fairplain: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Fairplain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fairplain - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Fairplain ...

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

  • Erie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Erie is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <4>
  • Conneaut
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Conneaut is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conneaut
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,237 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conneaut <4>
  • Edinboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wesleyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Albion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Conneautville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cranesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Springboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Platea
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Platea is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairplain ...

Looking for more information about Fairplain? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fairplain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fairplain.

Adding Fairplain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fairplain post office opened in 1893. The Fairplain post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairplain.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairplain - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Fairplain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Fairplain 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/