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History · Fairview Township

40% of Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1900.

0on the National Register
40%homes built before 1940
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Where Fairview Township’s name came from

How did Fairview Township get its name?

Fairview Township was named for its scenic setting.

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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.Old housesHalf of Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1942.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Fairview Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fairview Township.

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Fairview was founded on October 27, 1886, on land purchased in 1872 by W. F. Lambertson. It was named for its scenic setting.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fairview Township, 1902 to 1974

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Zenith post office opens
  3. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1974Post officeThe Zenith post office closes
By decade

Fairview Township, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Curb Roller Building2016Curb Roller BuildingKSMap-doton-Fairview2004KSMap-doton-Fairview
On the map

Fairview Township on the map, 1971 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 1971 USGS mapFairview Township on the 1985 USGS map1971Stafford 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 Township.

People over time

Fairview Township, census by census

01002003004001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 395

Between 240 and 395 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fairview Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Zenith
Gone or out of use
Hayes AirfieldairportNewell Landing Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Fairview Township
Pleasant Valley

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.

Stafford Township5 historic placesA−York TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Cooper TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSylvia Township1 historic placenot 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.