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.[4] It is located along U.S. Route 160, approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Poplar Bluff.[5]
A post office has been in operation at Fairdealing since 1883.[6] Several traditions attempt to explain the name.[7]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 543 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairdealing, Missouri
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "Fairdealing MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ Fairdealing, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1986rev.)
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |