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Fairview Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,942 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,942 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ]
In 1998 Fairview Township annexed the former Fairview Borough. [5] According to the 2020 U.S. Census, [3] the township's population was 11,139, which is an increase from the 2010 census of 10,102. [4] It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
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Fairview is located in eastern Butler County at (41.015289, −79.743303). [4] It is surrounded by Fairview Township but is a separate entity. The borough of Petrolia is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the east.
Fairview Township began as an agricultural area, with only a small amount of industry and trade. Because of its primary agricultural base, township population growth was very slow after the initial settlement. The first census count in 1820 was 1,764. Eighty years later, in 1900, the number reached 2,042, an increase of only 278.
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Residents in attendance at town hall meeting were overwhelmingly against the idea of developing a roughly 150-acre business park in their area.