Fairfax, South Carolina

About Fairfax

Fairfax is a small town in southern South Carolina, home to 1,389 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Fairfax holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.31 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 420 residents per square mile.

📰 Fairfax News Today

• How Does Allendale High Rank Among America's Best High Schools? usnews.com · Aug 18
• Mrs. Salley Branch Obituary in Fairfax at M.F. Riley's Funeral Home articobits.com · May 20
• Salley Melissa Branch Obituary (1961 - 2026) - Fairfax Post and Courier · May 23
• Schedule - Allendale-Fairfax Tigers (Fairfax, SC) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 10
• McMaster makes trip to Fairfax for sawmill groundbreaking ceremony wrdw.com · Nov 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fairfax Unique

• One of 11 places in the US named Fairfax — but the South Carolina one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern South Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Carolina — one of 475 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Fairfax

• Govan's Sports Blues and Soulfood Restaurant
• Treasie's Snack Shack

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fairfax

• Triangle Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Fairfax

• Allendale Fairfax High
• Allendale High
• Allendale-Fairfax Elementary
• Allendale-Fairfax Middle

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Allendale County Hospital · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fairfax

🏘️ Nearby Communities