Fairdealing, Missouri

Fairdealing, Missouri
Census-designated place and unincorporated community
Fairdealing Location of Fairdealing within the state of Missouri
Coordinates: 36°39′42″N 90°35′30″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Ripley
Area [2]
• Total	5.71 sq mi (14.79 km^2)
• Land	5.70 sq mi (14.77 km^2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km^2)
Elevation [1]	459 ft (140 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	543
• Density	95.25/sq mi (36.77/km^2)
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]

Demographics

Historical population

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

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairdealing, Missouri
2. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
3. "Fairdealing MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
5. Fairdealing, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979 (1986rev.)
6. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
7. "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.