The area that was to become Fairburn was Creek Indian territory until it was ceded to the United States by the Creeks in 1821. All of the land that would eventually be Fairburn was originally District 9 of Fayette County.
Soon after the creation of Fayette County in 1821, the Cartersville Post Office was established which, a few years later, became the Barryville Post Office located on Highway 29 north of the present day Elder Street. The Barryville Post Office was in operation until 1844 when it was discontinued. On April 1, 1846, The Post Office was reinstated but its name was changed to Fairburn by its postmaster, William McBride. Mr. McBride's daughter, Mary, suggested the name for a town in County York, England, where the McBride family had lived. The 1846 Fairburn Post Office was located near the intersection of Highway 29 and Elder Street. Did you know?
...........The Old Campbell County Courthouse building with a Greek Temple facade completed in 1871 at a cost of $10,674.20, is believed to be the last Greek Temple design in Georgia and possibly the United States.
...........Fairburn served as the seat of Campbell County for sixty-two years until the county merged with Fulton County on January 1, 1932.
...........Campbell County had the first woman sheriff. Emma Lulu Duggan Camp was the first woman sheriff of Campbell County and Georgia. Widow of Sheriff Thomas Wiley Camp who was killed in the line of duty, served as Sheriff of Campbell county from April 11, 1931 until May 13, 1931, when an election was held for a new sheriff.
.......... Telephones were installed in 1905 and electricity came to Fairburn in 1911.
.......... In 1896, you could purchase any size watermelon you wanted for a nickle in Fairburn.