Fairacres, New Mexico
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|subdivision_name2 = Doña Ana
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|area_total_km2 = 5.46
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|area_total_sq_mi = 2.11
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 720
|population_density_km2 = 131.88
|population_density_sq_mi = 341.56
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
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|elevation_ft = 3895
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|postal_code = 88033
|area_code = 575
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|blank_info = 2584098{{GNIS|2584098}}
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Fairacres is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 824 as of the 2010 census. Fairacres has a post office with ZIP code 88033, which opened on June 15, 1926.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=March 4, 2014|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}} U.S. Route 70 passes through the community.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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Education
It is located in Las Cruces Public Schools.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35013_dona_ana/DC20SD_C35013.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Doña Ana County, NM|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-06-28}} The district operates Fairacres Elementary School.{{cite web|url=https://fairacres.lcps.net/o/fes|title=Home|publisher=Fairacres Elementary School|accessdate=2022-06-28|quote=4501 W Picacho Ave Las Cruces, NM 88007}}
Commerce
The Truck Farm, LLC was established here in 1996; they manufacture and ship seasonings such as [http://www.sweethots.com/product-category/best-sellers/ Cannon's Sweet Hots and Besito Caliente].
Notable person
- Barbara Funkhouser, first woman to serve as editor of the El Paso Times (1980–1986), operated the Tatreault Vineyard in Fairacres{{cite news|first=Alex |last=Hinojosa |title=Barbara Funkhouser, former El Paso Times editor, dies at 84 |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/latestnews/ci_26347687 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140921115945/http://www.elpasotimes.com/latestnews/ci_26347687 |url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-09-21 |work=El Paso Times |date=2014-08-16 |accessdate=2014-09-21 }}
References
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Category:Census-designated places in New Mexico
Category:Census-designated places in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
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