Fair Play, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

{{For|the California wine region|Fair Play AVA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Fair Play (formerly, Fairplay) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located {{convert|4.5|mi|km|1}} northeast of Aukum,{{California's Geographic Names|483}} at an elevation of 2329 feet (710 m).

Fair Play was a mining town in the 1850s, transitioning to a farming economy by the 1880s. The Fair Play Cemetery remains open and active today.{{cite web |url=https://www.eldoradocounty.ca.gov/County-Government/County-Departments/Cemetery-Administration/El-Dorado-County-Cemeteries/Fairplay-Cemetery |title=Fairplay Cemetery |last= |first= |date=2024 |website=El Dorado County |access-date=16 Jun 2024 |quote=}} In more recent years the Fair Play area has become known for its wineries; the Fair Play AVA was established in 2001 and has become a local travel destination for small accommodations, vineyards and wineries with well over 20 properties.{{cite news |last=Dunne |first=Mike |date=12 Oct 2015 |title=Seeking wine out of the way? - try Fair Play |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/644623794/?terms=%22fair+play%22&match=1 |work=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, CA |access-date=25 Dec 2023}}

A post office was operated at Fair Play from 1860 to 1944.

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