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Fairhope, Alabama

Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay.
Population 22,477

Top Events in Fairhope History

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1907Government
In 1907, educator Marietta Johnson founded the School for Organic Education in Fairhope.
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1910History
"Fairhope Avenue" was one of the properties on the 1910 version of the board game The Landlord's Game, a precursor of Monopoly.
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1915Education
The school was praised in John Dewey's influential 1915 book Schools of Tomorrow.
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1956Education
(1956) "Fairhope, 1894–1954: The Story of a Single Tax Colony." Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
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1984History
(1984) Women of Fair Hope.
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1985History
(1985) "Gaston, Ernest Berry." in "Alden Whitman, ed., "American Reformers.
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1993History
Black Belt Press, 1993.
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1999History
(1999) "Fairhope: A Sentimental Review." link Paul E.
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2001History
(2001) "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree: A Fairhope Memoir." Fairhope: Over the Transom.
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2004History
(2004) "My Yellow Ribbon Town: A Meditation on My Country and My Home." in Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent.

Historical Timeline

1907Government
In 1907, educator Marietta Johnson founded the School for Organic Education in Fairhope.
1910History
"Fairhope Avenue" was one of the properties on the 1910 version of the board game The Landlord's Game, a precursor of Monopoly.
1915Education
The school was praised in John Dewey's influential 1915 book Schools of Tomorrow.
1956Education
(1956) "Fairhope, 1894–1954: The Story of a Single Tax Colony." Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
1984History
(1984) Women of Fair Hope.
1985History
(1985) "Gaston, Ernest Berry." in "Alden Whitman, ed., "American Reformers.
1993History
Black Belt Press, 1993.
1999History
(1999) "Fairhope: A Sentimental Review." link Paul E.
2001History
(2001) "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree: A Fairhope Memoir." Fairhope: Over the Transom.
2004History
(2004) "My Yellow Ribbon Town: A Meditation on My Country and My Home." in Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent.
2005History
(2005) "Fairhope." Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing.
2010History
=== 2010 census === As of the census of 2010, there were 15,326 people, 6,732 households, and 4,395 families residing in the city.
2013History
(2013) "Fairhope in the Roaring Twenties." Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing.
2016Government
== Government == Fairhope is governed by a mayor and five-person city council which was last elected in 2016.
2019History
In 2019 the New York Times termed Fairhope to be "A Southern Town That’s Been Holding On to Its Charm, for More Than a Century".
2020History
== Demographics == === 2020 census === As of the census of 2020, there were 22,477 people, 7,790 households, and 5,606 families residing in the city.
2021History
Retrieved April 10, 2021.

Did You Know?

1
Fairhope is located in the state of Alabama.
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Fairhope has a population of 22,477 residents.
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The population was 22,477 at the 2020 census.

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