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History · Fairview

18% of Fairview’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairview’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18927 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1979. Watch Fairview change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview’s history is told.

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On the map

Fairview on the map, 1892 to 1979

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 1892 USGS mapFairview on the 1902 USGS mapFairview on the 1932 USGS mapFairview on the 1947 USGS mapFairview on the 1957 USGS mapFairview on the 1967 USGS mapFairview on the 1979 USGS map1892Tarrytown 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.

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 hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 3,099 at the 2010 census. As of 2000, Fairview had the fourth-highest percentage of African-Americans in New York.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,099 to 3,217 (+4%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Fairview

Nobody well known was born in Fairview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mark ZuckerbergAmerican Internet entrepreneur · b. 1984
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Jason BatemanAmerican actor · b. 1969
George E. SmithNobel prize winning American physicist · b. 1930
Joseph CampbellAmerican mythologist, writer and lecturer · b. 1904
David LeeAmerican physicist and Nobel Prize laureate · b. 1931
Edward HopperAmerican realist painter and printmaker · b. 1882
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History across the town line

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

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.