Fairview
On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of
Fairview
Located south of Madison between Highway 441 South, Pierce Dairy Road and Seven Islands Rd., the Fairview community grew up between the localities of Bethany and Godfrey. Fairview was never incorporated; however, a strong community identity developed along this agricultural group of citizens organized around the Fairview School. The school, formerly called Mitchem´s School after the family who donated the land for its construction, had one teacher in seventh grade levels. The school building was utilized for Sunday services and a Sunday school as well.
This community supported a sawmill and cotton gin´s. The landscape was comprised mostly of large farms, initially planted in cotton, later transitioning to pasture for dairies. Although a commercial center never emerged, small country stores, subsistence agricultural and truck farming supplied the needs of many in this area. In the 1930s W. O. Pierce, who operated a large dairy in and Atlanta, opened an important branch operation here.
The Fairview Homemakers Club, established during an era when the Cooperative Extension Service organized home economic initiatives, was instrumental in sponsoring a number of projects for the betterment of the community. Genie Maude Wilson, a charter member of this club, chronicled the Fairview community through a weekly newspaper column for over 64 years between the 1920s and 1980s.
BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE PRIDE IN THIS COMMUNITY, FAIRVIEW IS RECOGNIZED AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR COUNTY HISTORY
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.