Fairdealing, Missouri

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.[3] It is located along U.S. Route 160, approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Poplar Bluff.[4]

Fairdealing, Missouri
Census-designated place and unincorporated community
Fairdealing is located in Missouri
Fairdealing
Fairdealing
Location of Fairdealing within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 36°39′42″N 90°35′30″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyRipley
Area
[2]
 • Total5.71 sq mi (14.79 km2)
 • Land5.70 sq mi (14.77 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
[1]
459 ft (140 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total543
 • Density95.25/sq mi (36.77/km2)
FIPS code29-23248
GNIS feature ID2587068[1]

A post office has been in operation at Fairdealing since 1883.[5] Several traditions attempt to explain the name.[6]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020543—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairdealing, Missouri
  2. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  4. Fairdealing, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1986rev.)
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  6. "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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