Fairview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,678 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The William Nelson Camp Jr. House, John A. Lanning House, Dr. Cireo McAfee McCracken House, and Sherrill's Inn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Martin Gash bought 76 acres on Cripple Creek (later Gash's Creek) on November 27, 1793. Marshes which attracted buffalo had to be drained in order to use the land.
This area contains rich farm valleys and protective mountain walls, stewarded by the Cherokee people and other indigenous groups for 10,000 years or more before European settlers arrived in the late 18th century. As was the case with Martin Gash's land, many of the marshes were drained and the creeks were channeled to make farmland more usable for settler forms of agriculture and export of crops such as Tobacco.
Geography
Fairview is located in southeastern Buncombe County along U.S. Route 74A (Charlotte Highway). It is southeast of downtown Asheville and northwest of Lake Lure.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Fairview racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 2,461
| 88.81%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 53
| 1.91%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 5
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 18
| 0.65%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 4
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 135
| 4.87%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 95
| 3.43%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,771 people, 1,030 households, and 716 families residing in the CDP.
2000 census
As of the census