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Fairbank

Ghost town · Cochise County, Arizona

Fairbank quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500)
Fairbank quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fairbank is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona. It is one of 15 former communities in Cochise County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Fairbank was established in 1883, in the late 19th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fairbank as a historical populated place on the Fairbank topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.7231° N, 110.1884° W.

Key facts

Founded1883
Peak population0
Last recorded population0
USGS quadrangleFairbank
Elevation3,860 ft
Nearest living townWhetstone, AZ
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID4533
Coordinates31.72315, -110.18841

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Fairbank today, aerial view
Fairbank quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500)

Left: Fairbank quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1932, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Fairbank is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Whetstone, AZ (population 2,840), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,860 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The ghost town of Fairbank, Arizona.
The ghost town of Fairbank, Arizona. · The Old Pueblo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Fairbank?

Fairbank is in Cochise County, Arizona, at 31.7231, -110.1884.

How many ghost towns are in Cochise County?

Cochise County, Arizona has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.