Fairview, Cass County, Texas

Fairview is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000.

Fairview, Cass County, Texas
Fairview is located in Texas
Fairview
Fairview
Fairview is located in the United States
Fairview
Fairview
Coordinates: 32°56′47″N 94°22′42″W / 32.94639°N 94.37833°W / 32.94639; -94.37833
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCass
Elevation
354 ft (108 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)903 & 430
GNIS feature ID1378284[1]

History

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The area in what is known as Fairview today may have been settled by the early 1900s. A 1933 county map showed Fairview as a station on the United States and Northwestern Railroad. Besides the railroad, the community also had some farms and a mine in the 1930s. The small community only had 20 residents in 2000.[2]

Geography

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Fairview is located within a mile of U.S. Highway 59, 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of Linden in southern Cass County.[2]

Education

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Fairview had two schools in the 1930s, one for African Americans.[2] Today, the community is served by the Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District.

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