Fairview is an

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, in the U.S. state of

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. According to the

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, no population estimates were available for the community in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.

History

Fairview was established as a Black farming community in the 1930s and lasted for several decades. A

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church was established in 1945 and was built that next year. Allen Smothers was the owner of a grocery store in the mid-20th century. There were no population estimates available for the community in 2000.

Geography

Fairview is located on Texas State Highway 21, southwest of downtown

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in western Brazos County.

Education

A school was established here in the early 1930s. Local settler Evelyn Hall named it Fairview. The school building had two rooms and operated as a

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. Students were then bussed to schools in Bryan. By the end of the decade, it became a community center. Today, the community is served by the College Station Independent School District.

References

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