On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairview Shores is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #325 of 638 in Florida. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairview Shores’ overall grade.
Few Florida towns list much on the Register (a typical Florida town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fairview Shores’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (33% of Florida towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.3 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Fairview Shores’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Another post office, Lockhart, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Camino Park Mobile Home ParkFairview Mobile CourtSunset Park Mobile Home Park
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Fairview Shores, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairview Shores yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fairview Shores is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fairview Shores had a population of 10,722. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 10,239 to 10,722 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fairview Shores, 1895 to 1960
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairview Shores. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1956Orlando West sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairview Shores.
Famous people
Famous people close to Fairview Shores
Nobody well known was born in Fairview Shores itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Fairview Shores is more historic than 11% of U.S. towns, #325 of 638 in Florida. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Fairview Shores?
1% of Fairview Shores’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.3 points), against a typical 0.6% for a Florida town; the median home was built in 1967.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
