Welcome to Fairburn ...

Fairburn is located in Green Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairburn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Fairburn is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fairburn: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Fairburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Fairburn - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Idaho and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Fairburn ...

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

• Ripon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
• Berlin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
• Omro
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Omro is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
• Winneconne
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
• Wautoma
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
• Redgranite
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
• Montello
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Montello is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
• Markesan
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
• Princeton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
• Green Lake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 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 Fairburn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairburn.

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

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

Adding Fairburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fairburn 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 Fairburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fairburn post office opened in 1900. The Fairburn post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairburn.