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Welcome to Fairhaven ...

Fairhaven is located in Whatcom County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairhaven, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Fairhaven is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Fairhaven lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Fairhaven: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Fairhaven ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Fairhaven - they are located in Alaska, California, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Fairhaven ...

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

  • Anacortes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ferndale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Sedro - Woolley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Burlington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Everson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Nooksack
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nooksack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
  • Geneva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Marietta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Silver Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairhaven. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fairhaven.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairhaven ...

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

Adding Fairhaven to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fairhaven post office opened in 1889. The Fairhaven post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairhaven.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Whatcom, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairhaven - 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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Fairhaven area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Fairhaven 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/