FAIRPORT HARBOR, village, Lake county, Ohio, U.S.A., on Lake Erie, 28m. N.N.E. of Cleveland. It is a port of entry, and is served by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and lake steam ers. The population was 4,211 in 192o; and was 4,972 in 193o. It has one of the finest natural harbours, and one of the oldest lighthouses, on Lake Erie. The commerce of the port in 1925 amounted to 4,327,276 tons, valued at $41,941,156, and consisted largely (on the basis of tonnage) of incoming iron ore and lime stone and shipments of coal. A Finnish newspaper is published here. The village was settled in 1812, by pioneers from Connecti cut, and the first county court was held here. It soon became an important commercial port. In 1847 cargoes valued at $991,000 (chiefly farm wagons, furniture, cheese, flour and oil of pepper mint) were carried by the 2,987 sailing vessels that entered the harbour.