Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Fairview was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Its Register listing is the Matthew Scott House. Below: maps from 1903 on and the census since 1840.
Fairview dates its founding to 1814 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1840.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview’s history is told.
Peaked at 444 in 1850; 67 people lived here in 2020.
19 censuses, 1840–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fairview’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairview. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairview.
From Wikipedia’s history of Fairview.
Fairview was platted in 1814. The name Fairview is commendatory. A post office called Fairview was established in 1823, and remained in operation until 1991.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Fairview, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Fairview is among the incorporated towns of Guernsey county. Since 1839 (as early a record as can be obtained) the mayors have been: 1839— William Robinson. 1882— V. D. Craig.
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Fairview is an addition to Pleasant City, yet not within the incorporation. It is a sightly tract of land on the opposite side of the railway track from the town proper and is largely residence property, with a few business houses.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
Born hereJake Ryan is born hereThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
In 1814, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1840 counted 252 people here.
One place: the Matthew Scott House (listed 2023).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (8), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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