Fairfax
Fairfax was a coal town in Pierce County in the U.S. state of Washington. The town was located on the Carbon River about 6 miles south of Carbonado, Washington, on SR 165.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town in Washington, United States
- Also known as: “Fairfax, Washington”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melmont and Carbonado.
Melmont
Locality
Melmont is a ghost town in Pierce County, Washington, USA. The town was founded in 1900 when the Northwest Improvement Company, a subsidiary of Northern Pacific Railway, started the Melmont coal mine. Melmont is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fairfax.
Carbonado
Village
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC0.
Carbonado is a town in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is located near the Carbon River in the north of the county, approximately 50 miles southeast of Seattle. Carbonado is situated 5 miles north of Fairfax.
Fairfax
- Categories: ghost town and unincorporated community in the United States
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.01038° or 47° 0′ 37″ northLongitude
-122.01622° or 122° 0′ 58″ westElevation
1,362 feet (415 metres)Open location code
84VV2X6M+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 150951908OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Fairfax” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fairfax”
- German: “Fairfax”
- Hungarian: “Fairfax”
- Irish: “Fairfax”
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