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== City Hall ==
== Histories ==
   
==== Neighboring Communities  ====


[http://fairviewcity.com/ http://fairviewcity.com/]<br>Fairview City Hall<br>165 North State Street<br>Fairview, UT 84629<br>Phone: (435) 427-3858<br>Fax: (435) 427-3275<br>
== Family History Resources  ==
 
== Quick Facts  ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview,_Utah Wikipedia]
 
'''1 October 1859:''' Founded as North Bend during the second wave of Latter-day Saint settlement in the Sanpete Valley.
 
'''1864:''' Renamed Fairview when postoffice was obtained.
 
== Resources  ==
 
==== Biography  ====
 
#'''Mother's memories''', 1982, Estella Harmon <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122536506 WorldCat]</ref>
#'''Sheepherding in the Fairview, Utah area''', A. J. Anderson <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4424877 WorldCat]</ref>
#'''Henry Weeks Sanderson : from Blandford, Massachusetts to Fairview, Utah''' : an autobiography <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80221076 WorldCat]</ref>


==== Cemeteries  ====
==== Cemeteries  ====


There are two cemeteries in Fairview; an upper cemetery and a lower cemetery. The lower cemetery is also known as the pioneer cemetery. It was used in the early years of the settlement. The first interments were in 1859. The transcription includes all interments from 1859 to 1900.  
:[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=77223&CScn=fairview&CScntry=4&CSst=47&CScnty=2793& Fairview Cemetery]


'''Fairview Cemetery'''
==== Community Web Sites  ====


#[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~headstones/genealogy/sanpeteco/fvupper/index.html Vickie's Homepage of Utah Headstone Photos]
==== Historical and Genealogical Societies  ====
#[https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1440984,Fairview%20Lower%20Cemetery USGS GNIS FID 1440984]
#[http://utah.hometownlocator.com/maps/bigmap,n,fairview%20cemetery,fid,1440984.cfm Hometown Locator]
#[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=77223&CScn=fairview&CScntry=4&CSst=47&CScnty=2793& Findagrave.com]
#[http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/cemeteries/index.html Utah State History] - click on "Search for a Person", then select "Fairview Upper and Lower Cemetery" for more complete listing.
#[https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Fairview-Cemetery/158802 BillionGraves] page for this cemetery, searchable database, Google map, headstone photos.


'''Fairview Pioneer Cemetery''' (aka Lower Cemetery)
==== Newspapers ====
 
#[http://usgenwebsites.org/UTGenWeb/Sanpete/fairviewpioneercem.html Sanpete County UTGenWeb Project]
#[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~headstones/genealogy/sanpeteco/fairview/index.html Vickie's Homepage of Utah Headstone Photos]
#Utah State History - Cemetery Database - not available as stand alone. Please refer to above cemetery for the combined database.<br>
#'''Histories of those buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery''', Fairview, Utah, compiled by the North Bend DUP <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79804438 WorldCat]</ref> <ref>{{FSC|988488|title-id|disp="FamilySearch Catalog US/Can Book 979.2563/F2 V3n"}}</ref>
#'''Cemetery records, Lower Fairview Cemetery''' (up to 1952), copied by Annie Carlston Bills <ref>{{FSC|216170|title-id|disp="FamilySearch Catalog US/CAN Book 979.256/F1 V3b"}}</ref>
#'''A record of the lower (old) cemetary [sic] of Fairview''', compiled..., (up to 1975) by Olea Day Cox...indexed by Nancy Cox MacKay <ref>{{FSC|144853|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 982047 Item 14"}}</ref>
 
==== Census ====
 
*1860 - as North Bend
 
:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1860]]
 
*1870
 
:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1870]]
 
*1880


:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
==== Histories, Biographies, And Genealogies  ====
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1880]] - no images


*1890
==== Libraries  ====


:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
==== Museums  ====
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])


*1900
:[http://sanpete.com/businesses/show/313-fairview-museum-of-history-and-art The Fairview Museum of History and Art] houses historical and genealogical data including an [http://history.utah.gov/findAids/B00994/B0994ff.XML Oral History Collection], and works by [http://sanpete.com/tours/6-avard-t-fairbanks-1-9-mb artist Avard Fairbanks],
 
:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1900]]
 
*1910
 
:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1910]]
 
*1920
 
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:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com] ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1920]]
 
*1930
 
:[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ([[Access Codes|FI$]])
:[http://www.heritagequestonline.com heritagequestonline.com], no index, browse available ([[Access Codes|LAR]])
:[[United States Census 1930]]
:[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch]
 
==== Church History and Records  ====
 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 
#Fairview (North Sanpete Stake)
 
:#Genealogy record of the high priest quorum, 1895-1907 <ref>{{FSC|467907|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 2056 Item 5'}}</ref><br>
:#Record of members, 1860-1907 <ref>{{FSC|511943|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25959 Items 1-4"}}</ref><br>
:#Form E (annual genealogical report), 1907-1921 <ref>{{FSC|511943|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25959 Items 5"}}</ref><br>
:#Record of members, 1862-1906 <ref>{{FSC|31607|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 179952 Item 2"}}</ref>
 
#Fairview North
 
:#History of Fairview North Ward Relief Society, compiled by Hansen, Lucile M. <ref>{{FSC|366531|title-id|disp="FamilySearch Catalog US/CAN book 979.2563/F2 K2h"}}</ref>
:#Record of members, 1921-1941 <ref>{{FSC|511938|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25960 Items 1-2"}}</ref><br>
:#Form E (annual genealogical report), 1921-1948 <ref>{{FSC|511938|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25960 Items 3"}}</ref><br>
 
#Fairview South
 
:#Record of members, 1921-1941 <ref>{{FSC|511932|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25961 Items 1-2"}}</ref>
:#Form E (annual genealogical report), 1921-1948 <ref>{{FSC|511932|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 25961 Items 3"}}</ref>
 
==== Gazetteers  ====
 
==== History ====
 
see also: Cemeteries - Fairview Lower Cemetery
 
#'''History of Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah''' <ref>{{FSC|375719|title-id|disp="FS Library US/CAN Film 1670782"}}</ref>
#'''A History of Fairview: 1930-1931''', by Olson and Coombs <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122652949 WorldCat]</ref><br>
#'''Fairview Museum oral history project, 1975-1994'''. <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122653392 WorldCat]</ref><br>
 
==== Maps  ====
 
#[https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1440983,Fairview USGS GNIS FID 1440983]
#[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fairview,+Utah Google]  
#[http://utah.hometownlocator.com/maps/bigmap,n,fairview,fid,1440983.cfm Hometown Locator]
 
==== Military History and Records  ====
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
==== Societies, Libraries and Museums  ====
 
#[http://sanpete.com/businesses/show/313-fairview-museum-of-history-and-art Fairview Museum of History and Art] <br>85 North 100 East, Fairview<br>Phone: 435-427-9216<br>PO Box 157, Fairview, UT 84629<br>The museum is full of historical data, artifacts pictures and artwork, including full scale replica of a nearly fully intact Columbian mammoth. The mammoth was unearthed on the nearby Wasatch Plateau in 1988 while excavating the Huntington Reservoir.<br>
 
==== Websites  ====


== Family History Web Sites  ==
*[http://www.onlineutah.com/fairview.shtml Fairview Online]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview,_Utah Fairview -Wikipedia]
== References  ==
== References  ==


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