Welcome to Fairbanks ...Fairbanks is located in Braxton County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairbanks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. Fairbanks is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Fairbanks lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Fairbanks: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Fairbanks ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Fairbanks - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairbanks. Communities near Fairbanks ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fairbanks.
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 Fairbanks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairbanks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairbanks. 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 Fairbanks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairbanks. See our Newspapers Page for Fairbanks. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairbanks ...Looking for more information about Fairbanks? 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 Fairbanks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fairbanks. Adding Fairbanks to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairbanks. Footnotes ...
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