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Fairborn

Fairborn is a city in Greene County, Ohio, United States, near Dayton and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It claims to be the only city in the world with the name of Fairborn, a portmanteau word created from the names Fairfield and Osborn; the two villages that merged in 1950 after the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 forced Osborn to move out of a flood plain and alongside Fairfield.

Fairborn is the home of Wright State University. Fairborn is served by a branch of the Greene County Public Library. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Fairborn as also home to the disaster training facility known as Calamityville.

some famous people from Fairborn:
Brian Billick, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, 1999-2007
Colonel Gregory H. Johnson, NASA astronaut
Gary A. Klein, pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making
Jackie (Waddell) Warner, actress in the reality television series Work Out

Fairborn isn't a bad place to get away from someone or something.

by Kmacroxs August 15, 2010

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