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History · Fairview

Fairview’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fairview Township is a township in Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 89.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 89 to 110 (+24%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

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.

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Fairview, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

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 Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge in Pleasantdale, 4.4 miles away.

Fairview and the nearest listed places

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Walnut Creek Tributary BridgeFort Fletcher Stone Arch BridgeHoisington High SchoolUS Post Office-HoisingtonManweiler-Maupin ChevroletBeaver Creek Native Stone Bridge

Closest to Fairview

Walnut Creek Tributary BridgePleasantdale · Structure4.4miFort Fletcher Stone Arch BridgeHerzog · Structure11.1miHoisington High SchoolHoisington · Building14.3miUS Post Office-HoisingtonHoisington · Building14.7miManweiler-Maupin ChevroletHoisington · Building14.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Walnut Creek Tributary Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fairview?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fairview’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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nearby towns’ history
📜 Galatia📜 Winterset📜 Wheatland📜 Pleasantdale
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