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History · Fairview

Fairview’s post office opened in 1846, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Davis, Jefferson, Monument, the Bethel Baptist Church and the Dr. Edward S. Stewart House. Its Register listings are the Davis, Jefferson, Monument, the Bethel Baptist Church and the Dr. Edward S. Stewart House.

1846first post office
3on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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How Fairview began

When was Fairview founded?

1846

The Fairview post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 258180 years
Founding year: the first Fairview post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

3 historic places in Fairview

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Davis, Jefferson, Monument
Davis, Jefferson, Monument, built 1917Bethel Baptist ChurchDr. Edward S. Stewart House
BuildingsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Victorian Gothic Revival1
Gothic1
Greek Revival1
Davis, Jefferson, MonumentBuilt 1917
Bethel Baptist ChurchVictorian Gothic Revival
Dr. Edward S. Stewart HouseGothic

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Fairview’s history

What year was Fairview founded?

The Fairview post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Fairview?

Three places: the Davis, Jefferson, Monument (listed 1973), the Bethel Baptist Church (1977) and the Dr. Edward S. Stewart House (1979).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.