Official Name: | Fairview, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Motto: | "Keeping It Country"[1] |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Coordinates: | 33.1483°N -96.6197°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Name2: | Collin |
Leader Title: | City Council |
Leader Name: | Henry Lessner, Mayor Rich Connelly, Seat One Gregg Custer, Seat Two Ricardo Doi, Mayor Pro Tem Larry Little, Seat Four Ken Logsdon, Seat Five Dr. John Hubbard, Seat Six [2] |
Leader Title1: | City manager |
Leader Name1: | Julie Couch |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 23.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.89 |
Area Land Km2: | 22.98 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.87 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Elevation M: | 192 |
Elevation Ft: | 630 |
Population Total: | 10372 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 397.85 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1030.44 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 75069 |
Area Code: | 214, 469, 945, 972 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-25224[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1335618[5] |
Fairview is a town in Collin County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2017 census, the town population was 8,950.[6] The estimated population in 2018 was 9,092.[7] The town is adjacent to the 289acres Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary.
A petition to request an incorporation election for Fairview was submitted to the county judge and commissioners' court on April 21, 1958, and following an election on May 7, 1958, and count of all 50 ballots, the town was incorporated, ordered by Collin County Judge W. E. Button.[8]
Fairview is located just southwest of the geographic center of Collin County at 33.1483°N -96.6197°W.[9] It is bordered by McKinney, the county seat, to the north, by Allen to the west and south, and by Lucas to the southeast. Wilson Creek, a tributary of the East Fork Trinity River, forms part of the northeastern boundary.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Fairview has a total area of 22.5km2, of which 0.04sqkm, or 0.20%, is covered by water.[6]
White (NH) | 7,581 | 73.1% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 669 | 6.45% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 39 | 0.38% | |
Asian (NH) | 821 | 7.92% | |
Pacific Islander (NH) | 5 | 0.05% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 53 | 0.51% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 455 | 4.39% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 748 | 7.21% | |
Total | 10,372 |
The city has a mayor–council government.[11] The town council consists of a mayor and six council members.
Fairview is served by two school districts, the Lovejoy Independent School District[12] and the McKinney Independent School District.[13]