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Fairfax, California Fairfax is an List of cities in California, incorporated town in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located west-northwest of San Rafael, California, San Rafael, at an elevation of . The population w ...

Fairfax Avenue Fairfax Avenue is a street in the north central area of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It runs from La Cienega Boulevard in Culver City at its southern end to Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on its northern end. From ...

, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California *

Fairfax District, Los Angeles The Fairfax District is a neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, Central region of Los Angeles, California. Historically the Fairfax District has been a center of the History of the Jews in Los Angeles, Jewish community in Los Angeles. It is ...

, California, centered on Fairfax Avenue * Fairfax, Georgia * Fairfax, Indiana * Fairfax, Iowa * Fairfax District (Kansas City, Kansas), an industrial area * Fairfax, Minnesota *

Fairfax, Missouri Fairfax is a city in Clark Township, Atchison County, Missouri, United States. The population was 648 at the 2020 census. History Fairfax was laid out in 1881. A post office has been in operation at Fairfax since 1881. Geography According to ...

Fairfax, Ohio Fairfax is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cincinnati. The population was 1,768 at the 2020 census. History Fairfax incorporated as a village in 1955 to head off annexation from neighboring Cincinnati but ...

, a village in Hamilton County *

Fairfax, Cleveland Fairfax is a neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is roughly bounded between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, E. 71st Street to the west and E. 105th Street to the east. Fairfax is located on the edge of ...

, Ohio, a neighborhood * Fairfax, Highland County, Ohio *

Fairfax, Oklahoma Fairfax is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The Osage Nation reservation is coterminous with the county. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census, down 11.3 percent from the figure of 1,555 recorded in 2000. It was the home of ...

Fairfax, South Carolina Fairfax is a town in Allendale County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2010 census, a decline of over one-third of its population of 3,206 from 2000. History The Virginia Durant Young House was added to the Nati ...

* Fairfax, South Dakota *

Fairfax, Vermont Fairfax is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States, with a population of 5,014 at the 2020 census. Geography The New England town of Fairfax is in southern Franklin County and is bordered by Chittenden County to the south. According ...

, a New England town ** Fairfax (CDP), Vermont, the main village in the town *

Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 24,146. Fairfax is pa ...

, an independent city *

Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the most p ...

, surrounding the city of Fairfax *

Fairfax Station, Virginia Fairfax Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,420 at the 2020 census. Located in Northern Virginia, its center is located southwest of Washington, D.C. History Establishe ...

* Fairfax, West Virginia *

Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park is a West Virginia state park commemorating the Fairfax Stone, a surveying, surveyor's marker and boundary marker, boundary stone at the source of the North Branch Potomac River, North Branch of the P ...

, West Virginia

Elsewhere

Division of Fairfax The Division of Fairfax is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Ted O'Brien (Australian politician), Ted O'Brien of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party. ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Fairfax, New Zealand Fairfax is a town in the Southland region of New Zealand's South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but m ...

, a town in the Southland region

People

Fairfax (name) Fairfax is both a surname of English (Yorkshire and Northumberland, with a few branches later settling in Scotland) origin which means "fair hair", and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Alan Fairfax (1906–1955), Aust ...

Lord Fairfax of Cameron Lord Fairfax of Cameron is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Despite holding a Scottish peerage, the Lords Fairfax of Cameron are members of an ancient Yorkshire family, of which the Fairfax baronets of The Holmes are members of another branc ...

Viscount Fairfax of Emley Viscount Fairfax of Emley, in the County of Tipperary, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 10 February 1629 for Sir Thomas Fairfax, previously Member of Parliament for Hedon. The fifth Viscount was Lord Lieutenant of the No ...

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Fairfax Academy Fairfax Academy (formerly Fairfax School) is a secondary school with academy status in the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham. The school was established in 1959. The school has a sixth-form. History The School opened in 195 ...

, a secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, England *

Fairfax (White Pine, Tennessee) Fairfax is a historic mansion in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA. History The mansion was completed in 1840. It was built by Lawson D. Franklin (1801–1861), Tennessee's first millionaire, for his son, Isaac White Rodgers Frank ...

, a mansion on the US National Register of Historic Places *

Fairfax University Fairfax University was an unaccreditedSeOregon Office of Degree Authorization List of Unaccredited colleges anInstitutions Whose Degrees are Illegal to Use in Texas distance-learning institution established in Louisiana in 1986 and discontinued ...

, a former unaccredited distance-learning institution *

University of Fairfax The University of Fairfax is an institution of higher education headquartered in Salem, Virginia. It offers online graduate degrees (Masters and Doctorates) in cybersecurity, cloud computing, computer science and engineering, and business as we ...

, an institution of higher education headquartered in Salem, Virginia * Hellespont Fairfax, the largest double-hulled supertanker *

Fairfax Media Fairfax Media was a media (communication), media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The ...

, a defunct Australian-based media company focusing on newspapers *

Fairfax Financial Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Canadian financial holding company based in Toronto, Ontario, engaged in property, casualty, insurance and reinsurance, investment management, and insurance claims management. The company operates primari ...

, a Canadian-based financial services holding company * General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant, Kansas City, Kansas *

Fairfax House Fairfax House is a Georgian townhouse located at No. 27, Castlegate, York, England, near Clifford's Tower and York Castle Museum. It was probably built in the early 1740s for a local merchant and in 1759 it was purchased by Charles Gregory F ...

, a Georgian town-house, now a museum, in York, England * Fairfax Christian School, a Christian school in Vienna, Virginia *

Fairfax (TV series) ''Fairfax'' is an American adult animated comedy television series created by Matt Hausfater, Aaron Buchsbaum, and Teddy Riley. The series is voiced by Skyler Gisondo, Kiersey Clemons, Peter S. Kim, and Jaboukie Young-White. It was released ...

, a 2021 animation TV show * English ship ''Fairfax'' (1650), an English frigate, destroyed by fire in 1653 * English ship ''Fairfax'' (1653), an English frigate built to replace the 1650 ship of the same name

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