Do you know of Fairfax ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fairfax. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Fairfax.<1>
Our sources for Fairfax (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Fairfax other than they indicate that Fairfax would be found somewhere in Tucker County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1886.
Communities Also Named Fairfax ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Fairfax.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Fairfax.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Fairfax [Grant County].
- Grant County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Fairfax [Chambers County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Fairfax [Los Angeles County].
- Marin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Fairfax [Marin County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Fairfax [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Fairfax [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fairfax [Osage County].
- Wyandotte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fairfax [Wyandotte County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Fairfax [Saint Mary Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Fairfax.
- Michigan
- Saint Joseph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fairfax [Saint Joseph County].
- Minnesota
- Renville County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Fairfax [Renville County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Fairfax [Atchison County].
- North Carolina
- Swain County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fairfax [Swain County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Osage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Fairfax [Osage County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Fairfax.
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Fairfax.
- South Carolina
- Allendale County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fairfax [Allendale County].
- Barnwell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fairfax [Barnwell County].
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fairfax [Berkeley County].
- Kershaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fairfax [Kershaw County].
- South Dakota
- Gregory County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Fairfax [Gregory County].
- Vermont
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Fairfax [Franklin County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fairfax [Fairfax City].
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Fairfax [Pierce County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fairfax ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fairfax:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fairfax - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Tucker County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Tucker County.
| Albert | |
| Mooreland | |
| Black Fork | Mount Zion |
| Bohon | |
| Pendleton | |
| Child | Porter |
| Clover | |
| Corder | Red Creek |
| Red Run | |
| Haddix | |
| Hulings | Sand Run Junction |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Fairfax could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |