Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Fairview in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Fairview. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Shiloh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Allport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kylertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Frenchville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Lecontes Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bigler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bigler is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigler
- Wallaceton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Morrisdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winburne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winburne is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winburne
- Keewaydin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- West Decatur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Clearfield Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clearfield Junction is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield Junction
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Loch Lomond Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Loch Lomond Junction is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lomond Junction
- Peale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peale is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peale
- Karthaus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Leonard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Victor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Victor is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Gearhartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gearhartville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhartville
- Belford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belford is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belford
- Clearfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Riverview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Moshannon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moshannon is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshannon
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fairview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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