Fairchilds, Texas
Fairchilds, Texas | |
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A Fairchilds sign on FM 361 looking northwest. Bits of cotton from the 2012 harvest lie along the roadside. | |
Location of Fairchilds, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 29°26′47″N 95°46′45″W / 29.44639°N 95.77917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.15 sq mi (5.57 km2) |
| • Land | 2.14 sq mi (5.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 864 |
| • Density | 403/sq mi (156/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 77461 |
| Area code | 979 |
| FIPS code | 48-25068 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1378280 |
| Website | https://fairchildstx.com/ |
Fairchilds is a village in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 864 at the 2020 census.
The center of Fairchilds is located 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Needville at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 361 (Fairchilds-Long Point Road) and Needville-Fairchilds Road. The Fairchild Farmer Co-op Gin and a few other businesses can be found near the intersection. Established in 1890 by three men of German descent, the community is named after a man who settled there around 1840.