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Fairview is a city in and the county seat of Major County in northwestern Oklahoma, and the largest community in the county.

Fairview's first permanent settlers arrived with the Cherokee Outlet land opening on September 16, 1893, and early settler Adam Bower named the town for its scenic view along the Cimarron River.

Fairview's post office opened on April 18, 1894, in a wooden building erected by the Bower family, and Adam Bower's son Clifford served as the first postmaster.

Fairview won a December 22, 1908 election to become Major County's permanent county seat, defeating three rival communities: Cleo Springs, Orienta and Ringwood.

Fairview's first train arrived on August 20, 1903, on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, which went on to build machine shops, a roundhouse and a division office in the town.

Fairview's population was 2,740 in the 2020 census, in about 1,085 households, rebounding from 2,579 in 2010 but still below its peak of 3,370 in 1980.

Fairview anchors a county heavily settled by Kansas Mennonites — Major County was named for John Charles Major, a delegate to Oklahoma's 1906 Constitutional Convention, and its town of Meno honors Mennonite leader Menno Simons.

Fairview's public schools — Cornelson Elementary School, Chamberlin Middle School and Fairview High School — compete as the Fighting Yellowjackets in orange and black.

Fairview's Major County Courthouse, a stone building completed in 1928-1929, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fairview straddles U.S. Route 60, which runs through town as Main Street, about 41 miles southwest of Enid.