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Fair Play’s post office opened in 1833, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Fair Play began

When was Fair Play founded?

1833

The Fair Play post office opened in 1833, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 704193 years
Founding year: the first Fair Play post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fair Play’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fair Play are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1833: 193 years of Fair Play.
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The story so far

Fair Play, in brief

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

Fair Play is a census-designated place located in Oconee County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. A small portion of the CDP extends into Anderson County. As of the 2020 census, the population of Fair Play was 704.

Its first post office opened in 1833. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 687 to 704 (+2%).

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Fair Play

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

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John EdwardsAmerican politician · b. 1953
Darline GrahamAmerican politician · b. 1964
Thomas Jefferson RuskAmerican politician · b. 1803
Bryce McGowensAmerican basketball player · b. 2002
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John C. Portman Jr.American architect and real estate developer · b. 1924
Stephen AdamsAmerican politician, US Senator · b. 1807
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Fair Play’s post office has been open since 1833.

Gone or out of use
Fair Play Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fair Play
Beaverdam Baptist ChurchFair Play Presbyterian Church

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

Questions about Fair Play’s history

What year was Fair Play founded?

The Fair Play post office opened in 1833, 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 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.