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History · Fair Oaks

Fair Oaks’ post office opened in 1894

Below: maps from 1939 on.

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How Fair Oaks began

When was Fair Oaks founded?

1894

The Fair Oaks post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 55132 years
Founding year: the first Fair Oaks post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fair Oaks’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Fair Oaks, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fair Oaks yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fair Oaks (also Fairoaks and Fair Oakes) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 55.

Its first post office opened in 1894.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Fair Oaks, 1894 to 1959

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Fair Oaks post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1942Born hereJames L. Cox is born here
  6. 1959Post officeThe Fair Oaks post office closes
By decade

Fair Oaks, decade by decade

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Fair Oaks, AR 0042015Fair Oaks, AR 004Fair Oaks, AR 0032015Fair Oaks, AR 003Fair Oaks, AR 0022015Fair Oaks, AR 002
On the map

Fair Oaks on the map, 1939 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fair Oaks. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fair Oaks on the 1939 USGS mapFair Oaks on the 1956 USGS mapFair Oaks on the 1971 USGS map1939Hunter sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fair Oaks.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Fair Oaks had its own post office from 1894 to 1959.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Fair Oaks’ history

What year was Fair Oaks founded?

The Fair Oaks post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.