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History · Fairhope

25% of Fairhope’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1902 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairhope’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairhope are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19026 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1979. Watch Fairhope change.Old housesHalf of Fairhope’s homes were built before 1958.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairhope’s history is told.

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On the map

Fairhope on the map, 1902 to 1979

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

Fairhope on the 1902 USGS mapFairhope on the 1931 USGS mapFairhope on the 1940 USGS mapFairhope on the 1954 USGS mapFairhope on the 1969 USGS mapFairhope on the 1979 USGS map1902Brownsville 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 Fairhope.

The story so far

Fairhope, in brief

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

Fairhope is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the northwestern corner of Fayette County, bordered by Lynwood to the northwest, Naomi to the west, and Arnold City to the east. The borough of Belle Vernon is 2 miles (3 km) to the northwest. Pennsylvania Route 201 passes through Fairhope, leading north to Interstate 70 and south to Fayette City. As of the 2010 census, the population of this place was 1,151.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,151 in 2010, 1,146 in 2020.

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

From the old history books

What they wrote about Fairhope in 1912

Passages that mention Fairhope, cut from the printed page as they were published.

work that pours in upon him. He was one of the incorporators and at one time one of the stockholders of the Savage Hill Firebrick Company of Fairhope, Pennsylvania. He was also vice-president of the West Virginia Fire Clay Company, Thornton, West Virginia, during its existence, and it was through h…
Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania1912 · page 555Read the page →
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work that pours in upon him. He was one of the incorporators and at one time one of the stockholders of the Savage Hill Firebrick Company of Fairhope, Pennsylvania. He was also vice-president of the West Virginia Fire Clay Company, Thornton, West Virginia, during its existence, and it was through his experiments and investigations

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Fairhope

Nobody well known was born in Fairhope itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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CoolioAmerican rapper · b. 1963
Christian B. AnfinsenAmerican biochemist · b. 1916
Shirley JonesAmerican singer and actress · b. 1934
Ken Griffey Jr.American baseball player · b. 1969
Olive ThomasAmerican silent film actress, model · b. 1894
Craig McCrackenAmerican cartoonist and animator · b. 1971
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Fayette CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township1 historic placeANaomiIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArnold CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.