| Official Name: | Fairview, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Union |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | 2001 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 78.53 |
| Area Land Km2: | 77.66 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.87 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.32 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 29.98 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3456 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44.50 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 115.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 482 |
| Coordinates: | 35.1544°N -80.5344°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 28110 |
| Area Code: | 704 980 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-22500[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2406481 |
Fairview is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The town incorporated in 2001.[3] The population was 3,463 at the 2020 census.[4] Fairview has one elementary school, one service station, a volunteer fire department, a small chain dollar store, and a community park.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,150 | 91.15% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 51 | 1.48% | |
| Native American | 6 | 0.17% | |
| Asian | 25 | 0.72% | |
| Other/Mixed | 93 | 2.69% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 3.79% |
Fairview is located in the foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains. Tyler Knob is the highest point at 849 feet at its peak, sitting on the Fairview-Unionville town line. The Rocky River runs through Fairview along the higher foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains.