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Fairview

Ghost town · Anderson County, Tennessee

Windrock quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Windrock quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fairview is a ghost town in Anderson County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Anderson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fairview as a historical populated place on the Windrock topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.0690° N, 84.2749° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWindrock
Elevation884 ft
Nearest living townOliver Springs, TN
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1307646
Coordinates36.06897, -84.27492

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What's there now

Fairview is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oliver Springs, TN (population 3,384), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 884 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Fairview?

Fairview is in Anderson County, Tennessee, at 36.0690, -84.2749.

How many ghost towns are in Anderson County?

Anderson County, Tennessee has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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