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.

History

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

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

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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