Fairplay, Kentucky

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Fairplay
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Location within the state of Kentucky
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Fairplay (the US)
Coordinates: 37°0′44″N85°18′14″W / 37.01222°N 85.30389°W / 37.01222; -85.30389 Coordinates: 37°0′44″N85°18′14″W / 37.01222°N 85.30389°W / 37.01222; -85.30389
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Adair
Elevation 984 ft (300 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
zip codes 42728
Area code(s) 270
GNIS feature ID 507971

Fairplay is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 984 feet (300 m). [1]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Adair County, Kentucky County in the United States

Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,656. Its county seat is Columbia. The county was founded in 1801 and named for John Adair, then Speaker of the House in Kentucky and later Governor of Kentucky.

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

The community was so named on account of the fairness characterized by first settlers in all of their dealings. [2]

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