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Fair Blufftown in W Columbus County on a bluff overlooking Lumber River. Authorized to be laid off on the lands of John Wooton at Fair Bluff in 1807 and to be known as Wootonton. The new name apparently was not adopted, as Fair Bluff appears on the Price map, 1808, and on the MacRae map, 1833. Reincorporated in 1873 as Fair Bluff. Alt. 69.
Fair Bluff TownshipW Columbus County.
Fair Grounds, TheSee Ellerbe.
Fair GroveSee Cedar Lodge.
Fair Grovecommunity in NW Randolph County.
Fair MountainS Watauga County on the head of Laurel Creek.
Fairfaxcommunity in NW Swain County on Lake Cheoah.
Fairfieldcommunity in E Union County between Richardson Creek and Niggerhead Creek.
Fairfieldtown on the N shore of Lake Mattamuskeet in central Hyde County. Alt. 3. Inc. 1885. Said to have been named for "fair fields" of crops grown on adjacent reclaimed swampland.
Fairfield FallsS Jackson County on Trays Island Creek near N edge of Fairfield Lake. Alt. approx. 3,200.