History · Fairview

Fairview’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Fairview. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fairview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 76 as of the 2010 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 76 people in 2010, 76 in 2020.

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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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 Joseph Fiery House in Fairview, 0.7 miles away.

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. Joseph Fiery House’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.

From Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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