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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fairview. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fairview to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fairview, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Fairview (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fairview. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Fairview is historic, it would have been located within present day Greenbrier County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greenbrier County: Alleghany (VA), Bath (VA), Fayette, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Summers & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Fairview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairview:
- Greenbrier County (The home county of Fairview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Charmco
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hines
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hines is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- McRoss
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McRoss is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoss
- Rainelle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Orient Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
- Crichton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crichton is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crichton
- Quinwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crawley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Junction ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Junction is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Junction
- Vale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vale is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Kieffer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kieffer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieffer
- Lile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lile is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lile
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Bellwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
- Spring Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Hilton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hilton Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Clifftop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meadow Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Lookout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sewell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Clifty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clifty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- East Sewell ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Sewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sewell
- Keeneys Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Keeneys Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneys Creek
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Kaymoor ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kaymoor is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaymoor
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Wolfcreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
- Creamery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Creamery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Wayside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wayside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Hillsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
- Nicholas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Peaser Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Peaser Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaser Junction
- Carl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
- Snow Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Runa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Runa is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runa
- Odell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Odell Town is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell Town
- Odell Town has also been known as:
- Odell
- Tolbert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tolbert is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolbert
- Nettie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saxman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saxman is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
- Morrison ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morrison is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
- Donald
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Richwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keslers Cross Lanes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Keslers Cross Lanes is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keslers Cross Lanes
- Albion ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Pocahontas County
- Hillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Raleigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Abraham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abraham is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abraham
- Royal ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Grandview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Terry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Piney View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Clifftop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Stanaford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stanaford is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanaford
- Bradley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bradley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Daniels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Stick
- Beaver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Shady Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- New Richmond ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Richmond is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
- Sandstone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Riffe is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Brooklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Brooklin is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklin
- Hinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Talcott
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bellepoint is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellepoint
- Hilldale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hilldale is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale
- Bargers Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bargers Springs is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargers Springs
- Packs Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Jumping Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Nimitz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nimitz is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimitz
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Camden-on-Gauley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Welch Glade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Welch Glade is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
- Cowen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairview, see our County-by-County Page for Fairview.
Cemeteries Near Fairview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairview.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fairview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Old Amwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rider Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shuck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Henson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- William Thomas Lowry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tyree Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buckhorn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- At The End Of The Trail Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Mountain Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smailes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spruce Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've 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. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Fairview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairview, with the one closest to Fairview listed first.
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Rupert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Nutterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nutterville is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Spring Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Dale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Dale
- Meadow Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Bluff is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bluff
- Ravenseye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
- Snow Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Dawson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dawson is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Duo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duo is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
- Russellville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lawn is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Clintonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clintonville is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Hominy Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Falls
- Clifftop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairview.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fairview:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Greenbrier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Monroe County
- Nicholas County
- Pocahontas County
- Raleigh County
- Summers County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |