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History · Fair Oaks

Fair Oaks’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Fair Oaks. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fair Oaks (also Fairoaks and Fair Oakes) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 55.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fair Oaks yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Fair Oaks, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today3 photos
Fair Oaks, AR 004CommonsFair Oaks, AR 0042015Fair Oaks, AR 003CommonsFair Oaks, AR 0032015Fair Oaks, AR 002CommonsFair Oaks, AR 0022015
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fair Oaks is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fair Oaks has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dr. F.W. Buercklin House in Fair Oaks, 5.2 miles away.

Fair Oaks and the nearest listed places

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Dr. F.W. Buercklin HouseMcCrory Commercial Historic DistrictMcCrory WaterworksMorris, Dr. John William, ClinicWynne Wholesale Commercial Historic DistrictWynne Commercial Historic District

Closest to Fair Oaks

Dr. F.W. Buercklin HouseFair Oaks · Building5.2miMcCrory Commercial Historic DistrictMcCrory · District9.2miMcCrory WaterworksMcCrory · Structure9.3miMorris, Dr. John William, ClinicMcCrory · Building9.3miWynne Wholesale Commercial Historic DistrictWynne · District13.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Dr. F.W. Buercklin House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fair Oaks?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fair Oaks’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 McCrory📜 Hickory Ridge📜 Patterson📜 Beedeville

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