Fairfax, Indiana | |
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  Fairfax  Fairfax | |
| Coordinates: 39°00′29″N86°28′50″W / 39.00806°N 86.48056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Monroe |
| Township | Clear Creek |
| Elevation | 541 ft (165 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47401 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 452230 [1] |
Fairfax is an unincorporated community in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]
Fairfax was founded sometime in the early 1830s. [2] A post office was established at Fairfax in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904. [3]
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 139,718 at the 2020 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomington. Monroe County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. It is the home of Indiana University Bloomington, the flagship campus of the IU System. Established in 1820, IU Bloomington enrolls over 45,000 students.
Oak Hill is a mansion and plantation located in Aldie, Virginia that was for 22 years a home of Founding Father James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of Leesburg on U.S. Route 15, in an unincorporated area of Loudoun County, Virginia. Its entrance is 10,300 feet (3,100 m) north of Gilberts Corner, the intersection of 15 with U.S. Route 50. It is a National Historic Landmark, but privately owned and not open to the public.
Monroe Lake is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with 10,750 acres (43.5 km2) of water surface area spread over the counties of Monroe and Brown. Capacity varies from 292 gigalitres (237,000 acre⋅ft) to 428 gigalitres (347,000 acre⋅ft) depending on water level. It is also home to 13,202 acres (53.43 km2) of protected forest and three recreational areas. Indiana's only federally protected U.S. Wilderness Area, the 13,000-acre (53 km2) Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area, is located on the south shore. The lake's watershed is 441 square miles, 82% of which is forested or farmland. The pool elevation is about 538 feet (164 m) year-round. During colder winters, limited ice fishing is available on protected backwater portions of the reservoir.
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Hindustan is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Sanders is an unincorporated community in Perry Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Unionville is an unincorporated community in Benton Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Smithville is an unincorporated community in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Stanford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Chapel Hill is an unincorporated community in Polk Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Smithville-Sanders is a census-designated place (CDP) encompassing the communities of Smithville and Sanders in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. Its population was 3,323 as of the 2020 census.
Buenavista is an unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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