Fairview, Brazos County, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 30°39′8″N96°26′7″W / 30.65222°N 96.43528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
County | Brazos |
Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 979 |
GNIS feature ID | 1357171 [1] |
Fairview is an unincorporated community in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, no population estimates were available for the community in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
Fairview was established as a Black farming community in the 1930s and lasted for several decades. A Baptist church was established in 1945 and was built that next year. Allen Smothers was the owner of a grocery store in the mid-20th century. There were no population estimates available for the community in 2000. [2]
Fairview is located on Texas State Highway 21, 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of downtown Bryan in western Brazos County. [2]
A school was established here in the early 1930s. Local settler Evelyn Hall named it Fairview. The school building had two rooms and operated as a daycare center. Students were then bused to schools in Bryan. By the end of the decade [ which? ], it became a community center. [2] Today, the community is served by the College Station Independent School District.
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