Fairview, Cass County, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 32°56′47″N 94°22′42″W / 32.94639°N 94.37833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Cass |
Elevation | 354 ft (108 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 903 & 430 |
GNIS feature ID | 1378284[1] |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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.