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Welcome to Fairy ...

Fairy is located

Fairy is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Fairy is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fairy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Fairy: 254

Communities Also Named Fairy ...

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

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

Communities near Fairy ...

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

  • Hamilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hico
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hico is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hico <3>
  • Walnut Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Iredell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cranfills Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lanham is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanham
  • Spurlin ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Spurlin is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlin
  • Carlton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Whiteway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Whiteway is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteway
    • Whiteway has also been known as:
    • White Way
  • Clairette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clairette is located in Erath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairette

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairy ...

Looking for more information about Fairy? 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 Fairy, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fairy.

Adding Fairy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fairy 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 Fairy was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairy.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.