Fairdealing, Missouri

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Fairdealing, Missouri
Census-designated place & unincorporated community
Fairdealing is located in Missouri
Fairdealing
Fairdealing
Location of Fairdealing within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 36°39′46″N 90°37′00″W / 36.66278°N 90.61667°W / 36.66278; -90.61667Coordinates: 36°39′46″N 90°37′00″W / 36.66278°N 90.61667°W / 36.66278; -90.61667[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)
Elevation
[1]
459 ft (140 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total543
 • Density118/sq mi (45.5/km2)

Fairdealing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in northeastern Ripley County in southeastern Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 543.[2] It is located along U.S. Route 160, approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Poplar Bluff.[3]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairdealing, Missouri
  2. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  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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