Fairview, Kentucky
{{about|a munged version of the historic small town of Fairview in Christian and Todd counties, Kentucky, and a twentieth-century CDP bearing its name which incorporates part of that town|the city in Kenton County|Fairview, Kenton County, Kentucky}}
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Fairview is a small census-designated place on the boundary between Christian and Todd counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258, down from the 2010 census total of 286,{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2126182|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212135745/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2126182|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-12|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2013-08-29}} with 186 living in Christian County and 100 living in Todd County.{{cite web
|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-19.pdf
|title=Kentucky 2010: Population and Housing Unit Counts
|publisher=United States Census Bureau
|access-date=2013-08-29
|page=38}} It is chiefly notable as the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, later President of the Confederate States of America, and as the location of the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site.
History
The community was likely first established by Samuel Davis, a Revolutionary War veteran who settled on the Todd County side around 1793. Davis opened the first post office there on October 1, 1802, naming the locale "Davisburg." His son, Jefferson Davis, the future President of the Confederate States of America, was born here on June 3, 1808.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&dq=cannon+ky&pg=PA97 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date= September 5, 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=97–98| isbn=0813126312 }}
The Davis family remained in the area until 1810, when they relocated to the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.{{cite book |last= Leeper |first= Clare D'Artois |title= Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HgL-Yi7GIEQC&dq=%22Jefferson+Davis%22+%22St.+Mary+Parish%22&pg=PA132 |access-date= August 29, 2013 |year= 2012 |publisher= Louisiana State University Press |isbn= 978-0807147382 |page= 132 }} The community was later known as "Georgetown" after local tavern keeper George Nichols. The town was incorporated as "Fairview" on February 6, 1846; the Fairview Post Office opened on the Christian County side on June 8. The post office moved back and forth between Christian and Todd counties over the years; in the early 1980s it was located on the Christian County side.
In the 1880s ten Fairview locals purchased the old Davis property as a new home for Bethel Baptist Church. Working with Jefferson Davis, the buyers ceremonially deeded the lot to him, and he in turn donated it to Bethel Baptist Church on March 10, 1886. The old Davis homestead was demolished and replaced with a new Gothic Revival church. This burned down in 1900, and the present building was erected on the site the following year.{{cite book |editor1-last= Strode |editor1-first= Hudson |last=Davis |first=Jefferson |author-link= Jefferson Davis| title= Jefferson Davis: Private Letters, 1823-1889 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qWVYMp1Dlu8C&dq=%22Jefferson+Davis%22+Fairview&pg=PA544 |access-date= August 29, 2013 |year= 1995 |publisher= Da Capo Press |isbn= 0807147389 |page= 544}}{{cite news |title= Bethel Church Listed in Historic Register|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19780107&id=yeUrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rgUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1285,602034|newspaper= Kentucky New Era |date= January 7, 1978 |access-date=August 29, 2013}}
In 1917, construction of the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site began. It was completed in 1924.
Geography
Fairview is located along U.S. Route 68 / Kentucky Route 80, about {{convert|10|mi|0}} east of Hopkinsville and {{convert|9|mi|0}} west of Elkton. The original route of U.S. 68 passed through the town; the new route passes less than {{convert|0.25|mi}} north of the town, and the original route is now called Jefferson Davis Road.{{Google maps
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|title=Fairview, Kentucky
|accessdate=2013-08-29}} The community is part of the Clarksville, TN–KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2010= 286
|2020= 258
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Education
Portions in Christian County are in the Christian County School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21047_christian/DC20SD_C21047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Christian County, KY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-10-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21047_christian/DC20SD_C21047_SD2MS.txt Text list]
Portions in Todd County are in the Todd County School District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21219_todd/DC20SD_C21219.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Todd County, KY|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-10-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21219_todd/DC20SD_C21219_SD2MS.txt Text list]
References
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External links
- [http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-fairview.html "Fairview"], Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer, University of Kentucky
- [http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/kentucky/fairview Entry at CityTownInfo.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519092830/http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/kentucky/fairview |date=2016-05-19 }}
{{Christian County, Kentucky}}
{{Todd County, Kentucky}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky
Category:Census-designated places in Christian County, Kentucky
Category:Census-designated places in Todd County, Kentucky