Fairbank, Arizona | |
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 Fairbank Historic Townsite | |
  Fairbank, Arizona Location in the state of Arizona  Fairbank, Arizona Fairbank, Arizona (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′23″N 110°11′18″W / 31.72306°N 110.18833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Founded | May 16, 1883 |
| Abandoned | 1970s |
| Named for | N.K. Fairbank[1] |
| Elevation | 3,858 ft (1,176 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| Post Office opened | May 16, 1883 |
| Post Office closed | 1970s |
| GNIS feature ID | 4533 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | 100 | — |
| 1890 | 478 | +378.0% |
| 1900 | 171 | −64.2% |
| 1910 | 225 | +31.6% |
| 1920 | 269 | +19.6% |
| 1930 | 197 | −26.8% |
| 1940 | 192 | −2.5% |
| 1950 | 50 | −74.0% |
| 1960 | 75 | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 0 | −100.0% |
Fairbank is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, next to the San Pedro River. First settled in 1881, Fairbank was the closest rail stop to nearby Tombstone, which made it an important location in the development of southeastern Arizona. The town was named for Chicago investor Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank who partially financed the railroad, and was the founder of the Grand Central Mining Company, which had an interest in the silver mines in Tombstone. Today Fairbank is located within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (San Pedro RNCA).[1][2][4]
- ^ a b Sherman, James E.; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). "Fairbank". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 53–55. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairbank (historical)
- ^ Moffat, Riley (1996). Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990. Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 9–17. ISBN 0-8108-3033-7.
- ^ "Fairbank Historic Townsite". Bureau of Land Management. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.