Fairdealing, Missouri | |
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  Fairdealing Location of Fairdealing within the state of Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 36°39′42″N 90°35′30″W / 36.66167°N 90.59167°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Ripley |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.71 sq mi (14.79 km2) |
| • Land | 5.70 sq mi (14.77 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 459 ft (140 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 543 |
| • Density | 95.25/sq mi (36.77/km2) |
| ZIP code | 63939[3] |
| Area code | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-23248 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2587068[1] |
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]
- ^ 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.