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38°35′37″N 120°39′38″W / 38.59361°N 120.66056°W / 38.59361; -120.66056

Fair Play
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°35′37″N 120°39′38″W / 38.59361°N 120.66056°W / 38.59361; -120.66056
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation	2,329 ft (710 m)
Population
• Total	503

Fair Play (formerly, Fairplay) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Aukum, 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. 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.

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

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fair Play, California
2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 483. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
3. "Fairplay Cemetery". El Dorado County. 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
4. Dunne, Mike (October 12, 2015). "Seeking wine out of the way? - try Fair Play". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

v t e Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
County seat: Placerville
Cities	Placerville South Lake Tahoe
CDPs	Auburn Lake Trails Cameron Park Camino Cold Springs Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Grizzly Flats Meyers Pollock Pines Shingle Springs Tahoma‡
Unincorporated communities	Camp Richardson Clarksville Cool Echo Lake El Dorado Fair Play Fallen Leaf Frenchtown Fresh Pond Garden Valley Gold Hill Greenwood Kelsey Kyburz Latrobe Little Norway Lotus Meeks Bay Mount Aukum Nashville Newtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Pacific Phillips Pilot Hill Pino Grande Pleasant Valley Quintette Rescue Riverton Sciots Camp Sierra Springs Sly Park Smithflat Somerset Strawberry Twin Bridges Volcanoville White Hall
Former settlements	Buckeye Flat Caldor Green Valley Higgins Point Indak Jayhawk Powningville Rubicon Rubicon Springs Salmon Falls Wentworth Springs Yalisumni
Footnotes	‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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