Fair View (Fairview)

Brazos County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: 1900s

Council of Governments: BVCOG

Public History: From Texas State Historical Association:

Fairview is a rural community located on State Highway 21 about four miles southwest of downtown Bryan in western Brazos County. An African-American farming settlement had existed there for several decades by the early 1930s when a school was established. Resident Evelyn Hall suggested the name of Fairview for the school. In 1945 Fairview Baptist Church was established, and a church building was constructed the following year. In the mid-1900s the two-room school operated as a day care center after students were bussed to nearby Bryan. The community also had a grocery store operated by Allen Smothers. By the late 1900s the school building was used as a community center.

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Cemetery: Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Church: Fairview Baptist Church

School: Fairview School