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History · Fairview Township

1 of Fairview Township’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Cote, Urbain, Round Barn. Below: maps from 1947 on.

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0.0%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.
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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 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.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 6 to 1 (-83%).

By decade

Fairview Township, decade by decade

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Three of many strings of oil-carrying tanker cars2021Three of many strings of oil-carrying tanker carsOne of many strings of oil-carrying tanker cars2021One of many strings of oil-carrying tanker cars
On the map

Fairview Township on the map, 1947 to 1978

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 1947 USGS mapFairview Township on the 1978 USGS map1947Sheyenne Lake sheet · 1:62,500

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.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Fairview Township

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Cote, Urbain, Round Barn
Cote, Urbain, Round Barn
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Cote, Urbain, Round BarnBuilding

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

New Germantown/Schiller TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPony Gulch TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWestern TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fairview Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Fairview Township?

One place: the Cote, Urbain, Round Barn (listed 1986).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.