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History · Fairview Township

26% of Fairview Township’s homes were built before 1940

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26%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairview Township’s past

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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 Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Fairview Township was established in 1873, taking its name from a local schoolhouse of the same name.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 828 to 720 (-13%).

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

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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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Vester PeggAmerican actor · b. 1889
Herbert SorrellAmerican trade union activist and organizer · b. 1897
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Donald L. CoxMember of the Black Panther Party · b. 1936
William Tell JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1848
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David R. BunchAmerican writer · b. 1925
Pearce ChilesMajor League Baseball player · b. 1867
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Fairview SchoolschoolGlendale SchoolschoolJohnson MinemineShiloh SchoolschoolTranquility Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairview Township
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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.

Clinton Township6 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBear Creek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOsage 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 the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.