Fairville, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated area in southern

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which developed in the early nineteenth century about a mile north of the Pennsylvania-Delaware border. It is a

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along the Kennett Pike ( Pennsylvania Route 52) that runs between

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and

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. Businesses along the road served both travelers on the road and residents of nearby farms. The village or hamlet extends about 500 yards along both sides of Kennett Pike from Fairville Road to Hickory Hill Road. NRHP Nomination form for Fairville, Pennsylvania
/ref> About 1900 Phillip DuPont built a mansion just south of Fairville Road. It is included in the defined Fairville Historic District, which was listed on the

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in 1996. The Harlan Log House, which was built about 1715, is about a half mile west of the village on Fairville Road.

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