Fairplains

Fairplains is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 2,029 at the 2020 census. The community was named "fairplains" because it was located at the geographic point where the foothills of the begin to level off to the gently rolling Piedmont region of central North Carolina.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet with 2,120 residents
  • Description: township in Wilkes County, North Carolina
  • Also known as: “Fairplain”, “Fairplains, NC”, and “Fairplains, North Carolina”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Wilkesboro and Mulberry.

Town
is a town in , , United States. The population was 4,382 at the 2020 United States census. is located along the in the foothills of the . is situated 3 miles south of Fairplains.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 2,332 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The community was given its name by the first European pioneers to settle the area in the 1750s. is situated 3 miles northwest of Fairplains.

Town
Photo: G Keith Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census. The town is located along the south bank of the , directly opposite the town of . is situated 3½ miles south of Fairplains.

Fairplains

Latitude
36.19826° or 36° 11′ 54″ north
Longitude
-81.15302° or 81° 9′ 11″ west
Population
2,120
Elevation
1,283 feet (391 metres)
Open location code
868W5RXW+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153834024
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4465700
Wiki­data ID
Q1918030
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fairplains” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فايربلاينس”
  • Basque: “Fairplains”
  • Bulgarian: “Фаирплаинс”
  • Catalan: “Fairplains”
  • Cebuano: “Fairplains”
  • Chechen: “Фейрплейнс”
  • Chinese: “Fairplains”
  • Chinese: “費爾普萊恩斯 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “費爾普萊恩斯”
  • Dutch: “Fairplains”
  • French: “Fairplains”
  • German: “Fairplains”
  • Gilaki: “فیرپلینز (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “فیرپلینز”
  • Irish: “Fairplains”
  • Italian: “Fairplains”
  • Ladin: “Fairplains”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fairplains”
  • Persian: “فایرپلاینس، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “فایرپلاینس”
  • Persian: “فرپلینز”
  • Polish: “Fairplains”
  • Portuguese: “Fairplains”
  • Serbian: “Ферплејнс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairplains, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fairplains”
  • Spanish: “Fairplains”
  • Tatar: “Фейрплейнс”
  • Ukrainian: “Фейрплейнс”
  • Urdu: “فیئرپلینز، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Fairplains”
  • Volapük: “Fairplains”
  • Welsh: “Fairplains, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Fairplains”

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