Fairview’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fairview. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFairview is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 426 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 522 to 426 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1947.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Fairview’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCoal Creek Bridge, Spanning Coal …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fairview, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Fairview is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Duvall-Ash Farmstead in Joshua, 5.8 miles away.
Fairview and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Coal Creek Bridge, Spanning Coal Creek at State Route 97 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.