Fairview is a city located in Williamson County, Tennessee. It is part of the Nashville metropolitan area. The population was 9,357 at the 2020 census, . In the communities just outside Fairview, there are an additional 4,100 people, for a total of over 13,457 people living within the Fairview area.
History
Fairview was incorporated on July 28, 1959, under the Uniform City Manager-Commission Charter as set out in the Tennessee Code Annotated. Fairview city limits are located about southwest from the Nashville-Davidson County line and has two interstates passing through it (I-40 & I-840). With an average elevation of above sea level, Fairview is about higher than Nashville and surrounding suburbs, which gives Fairview the advantage of being less flood prone.
It is home to Bowie Nature Park which, at approximately , is one of the largest city-managed parks in the state of Tennessee. As a comparison, New York's Central Park is . Fairview has two Elementary Schools, Fairview, and Westwood serving over 1,000 students with grades K-5. Fairview Middle has an enrollment of 500 plus and is home to grades 6th-8th. FVHS serves over 700 students, and Fairview High School was listed as one of the top 1,000 High Schools in the US according to Newsweek Magazine. Fairview schools are part of the Williamson County School system (www.WCS.edu).
It has a recreation center that is part of Williamson County Parks and Recreation system. The center offers civic meeting rooms, WAVES org, exercise classes, a gym with free weights and machines and a large outdoor swimming pool. There is also a full size basketball court that is open for free play.
Fairview Ball Park has been open since 1982. In the spring and early summer, the youth of Fairview play softball and baseball in the local recreation leagues. In the fall, the park is home to an adult softball league. There are four fields located at the park, Field 1 for senior league baseball, Field 2 for tee ball, and softball, Field 3 for age groups up to 12 playing baseball, and Field 4 which is primarily a softball field.
The camp scenes in Ernest Goes to Camp were filmed at Camp Marymount, which is a 340-acre retreat/summer camp owned by the Catholic Church, established in the summer of 1946.
The city is twenty-five miles from downtown Nashville, and is located along State Highway 100 in the NW section of Williamson County.
thumb|Farm in Fairview
Geography
Fairview is located at (35.982071, -87.129133).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.21%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 8,288 || 88.6%
|-
| Black or African American || 157 || 1.7%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 34 || 0.4%
|-
| Asian || 88 || 0.9%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 3 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 176 || 1.9%
|-
| Two or more races || 611 || 6.5%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 531 || 5.7%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Fairview had a population of 9,357. The median age was 37.3 years, 27.5% of residents were under the age of 18, and 12.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87.8 males age 18 and over. There were 2,234 families residing in the city.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,359 households in Fairview, of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 57.5% were married-couple households, 12.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
References
External links
- City of Fairview
- Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Fairview — information on local government, elections, and link to charter
- Bowie Nature Park