The story
Read it all →How Fairview Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Fairview Township.
Fairview Township was organized in Dec. 1851 from parts of Harrison and Orange townships.
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History · Fairview Township
Fairview Township’s post office opened in 1835, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1959 on.
1835first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Fairview Township began
When was Fairview Township founded?
1835
The Fairview Township post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fairview (1835), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 342191 years
Founding year: the first Fairview Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Fairview Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Fairview Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Fairview Township, 1835 to 1959
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1835Post officeThe Fairview post office opens
- 1836Post officeThe Fairview post office closes
- 20th century
- 1959
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Fairview Township on the map, 1959 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairview Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1959Falmouth sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairview Township.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Fairview Township
Nobody well known was born in Fairview Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Larry CrockettRacecar driver · b. 1926
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Maurice GeraghtyAmerican screenwriter · b. 1908
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Arthur Ernest GuedelAmerican anesthesiologist · b. 1883
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Another post office, Fairview, opened and closed inside today’s town.
1cemetery inside Fairview Township
Wiley Chapel
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Harrison Township1 historic placeAPosey Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConnersville Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townUnion Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOrange TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Fairview Township’s history
What year was Fairview Township founded?
The Fairview Township post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Sources
Where this page comes from
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, 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.