Fairdealing, Missouri

Fairdealing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in northeastern Ripley County in southeastern Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the community had a population of 676.[2] It is located along U.S. Route 160, approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Poplar Bluff.[3]

Fairdealing, Missouri
Census-designated place & unincorporated community
Fairdealing
Location of Fairdealing within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 36°39′46″N 90°37′00″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyRipley
Area
 • Total5.75 sq mi (14.88 km2)
 • Land5.73 sq mi (14.85 km2)
 • Water0.008 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation459 ft (140 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total676
 • Density118/sq mi (45.5/km2)

A post office has been in operation at Fairdealing since 1883.[4] Several traditions attempt to explain the name.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairdealing, Missouri
  2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fairdealing CDP, Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  3. Fairdealing, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1986rev.)
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.


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