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History · Fairview

31% of Fairview’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairview’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Fairview’s homes were built before 1948.
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The story so far

Fairview, in brief

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

Fairview is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The city is a suburb of Cincinnati. It was incorporated by the state assembly in 1957 to avoid annexation by Covington. The population was 144 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 143 in 2010, 144 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Fairview, 1892 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe McGill post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe McGill post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fairview, decade by decade

Today2 recent
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On the map

Fairview on the map, 1953 to 1981

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

Fairview on the 1953 USGS mapFairview on the 1961 USGS mapFairview on the 1981 USGS map1953Alexandria 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.

People over time

Fairview, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 368

Between 119 and 368 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
DeCoursey
Gone or out of use
McGill Post Officepost office

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.

Taylor Mill1 historic placeCRyland HeightsIts 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 the Library of Congress (2), 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.