Census Data for Fairbanks Corner ...
As far as we can tell, Fairbanks Corner<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Fairbanks Corner, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Sterling
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Sterling lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Coventry
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- Coventry lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Foster
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- Foster lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the north of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Plainfield
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- Plainfield lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the west of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- West Greenwich
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- West Greenwich lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the southeast of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Killingly
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- Killingly lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killingly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Voluntown
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- Voluntown lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voluntown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Scituate
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Scituate lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scituate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Brooklyn
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- Brooklyn lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooklyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Canterbury
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- Canterbury lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canterbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Griswold
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- Griswold lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griswold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Richmond
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Richmond lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- West Warwick
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
- West Warwick lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Warwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Lisbon
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- Lisbon lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Putnam
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest of Fairbanks Corner.
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- West Warwick
Kent County ...
Fairbanks Corner is located in Kent County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Kent County.
Miscellaneous Information for Fairbanks Corner ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Kent County or the community of Fairbanks Corner:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 44 (Rhode Island)
- County Code: 003 (Kent County)
- Place Code: 25480 (Fairbanks Corner)
- State & County Code: 44/003 (Rhode Island / Kent County)
- State & Place Code: 44/25480 (Rhode Island / Fairbanks Corner)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Fairbanks Corner is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #1 (the New England Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Fairbanks Corner.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairbanks Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Fairbanks Corner may originally have been Fairbank's Corner. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fairbanks Corner might be written as Fairbank Corner. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fairbanks Corner. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairbanks Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairbanks Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7079, Longitude: -71.7567 In this case, the coordinates for Fairbanks Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |