Fairview, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43160. The Survey maps it on the Good Hope quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Greenfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Good Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Good Hope quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000
In the 1914 county history
5,380 words on this townshipThe county history of 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 5,380 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 185 shownMuseums hold 185 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fairview between 1907 and 1974: 180 Animalia, 3 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bowles, P. (Pearl), Brubaker, J. A. & Higgins, Brubaker, J. A. & Link, B. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview, Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Falco rusticolus obsoletus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Washington C.H., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
| Tiphiidae | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Madison, Fayette Co., Ohio, USA | |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #10 Fayette Co, n/a, township n/a |
![]() | Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Perry Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Hypagyrtis unipunctata (Haworth, 1809) | 1931 | G.W. Rawson | Good Hope |
All 185 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2018The National Weather Service names Fairview in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairview | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Fairview | - | Several roads were closed due to high standing water. One bridge was closed on State Route 753 due to a creek flowing across it. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Fairview | - | A road was impassable due to high water. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plano | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| McLean | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Good Hope | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Boyds | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Johnson | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kingfred (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Holland | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Olympia (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fairview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22034024 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062756. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






















