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Welcome to Fayette ...The city of Fayette is located in Jefferson County<1> and is the County Seat for Jefferson County. The location of Fayette has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fayette, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Fayette has a population of 1,440 people<3> (see below for details). Fayette is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Fayette lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Fayette: (601) and (769)<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fayette had an population of 1,440 people. This is a decrease of 10.78% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 35.77% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Fayette had a population of 1,614 people (or 20.89% of the total population of Jefferson County). This makes Fayette the county's most populous community. The population of Fayette represents 0.05% of the population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 127th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,614 people, the population of Fayette decreased 28.01% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,242 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Fayette. Communities Also Named Fayette ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Fayette - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (2), Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fayette. Communities near Fayette ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fayette.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fayette. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fayette. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fayette. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fayette. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fayette. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fayette. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fayette ...Looking for more information about Fayette? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Fayette, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fayette. Adding Fayette to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fayette in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fayette was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Fayette in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fayette. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fayette. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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