About Fairview
Set in the southwestern part of Kentucky, Fairview is a small unincorporated community.
Fairview holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.21 square miles.
📰 Fairview News Today
- Fairview Drive entrances along KY-54 closing overnight Sunday WFIE | 14 News · May 15
- COMMENTARY: Looking back at the SBC with a Fair View Kentucky Today · Jun 24
- New roundabout planned at Fairview Drive and Settles Road as widening project advances owensborotimes.com · Feb 14
- Nicholas County Varsity Football @ Fairview MaxPreps · Jul 16
- Tennessee man injured, horse dies after crash in Kentucky WSMV · Nov 29
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fairview Unique
- One of 30 places in the US named Fairview — but the Kentucky one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southwestern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Jefferson Davis Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fairview
- Jefferson Davis State Historic Site reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateKentucky
TypeCDP
Mayor🏛️ Beverly Willman
Population (2024)—
Land area1.21 sq mi
Coordinates36.8422, -87.3108