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History · Fairview Township

22% of Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairview Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18963 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Fairview Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Fairview Township on the map, 1896 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairview Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fairview Township on the 1896 USGS mapFairview Township on the 1969 USGS mapFairview Township on the 1985 USGS map1896Russell sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairview Township.

The story so far

Fairview Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairview Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fairview Township is a township in Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 89.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 89 to 110 (+24%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Fairview Township, 1880 to 1896

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Webb post office opens
  3. 1889Post officeThe Webb post office closes
  4. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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Famous people

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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Bob DoleAmerican politician · b. 1923
Kari WahlgrenAmerican voice actress · b. 1977
Marj DusayAmerican actress · b. 1936
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Philip AnschutzAmerican billionaire businessman · b. 1939
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Curt DawsonAmerican actor · b. 1942
Monty BeiselAmerican football player · b. 1978
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Webb, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
BartondalelocaleWebblocale
1cemetery inside Fairview Township
Fairview

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.

Pleasantdale Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.