Fairdealing, Missouri

Census-designated place and unincorporated community in Missouri, United States

36°39′42″N 90°35′30″W / 36.66167°N 90.59167°W / 36.66167; -90.59167^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateMissouriCountyRipleyArea

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• Total5.71 sq mi (14.79 km²) • Land5.70 sq mi (14.77 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)Elevation

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459 ft (140 m)Population

(2020)

• Total543 • Density95.25/sq mi (36.77/km²)ZIP code

63939^[3]

Area code573FIPS code29-23248GNIS feature ID2587068^[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]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	543		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.