City of Fairview Multnomah County, Oregon
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General information on City of Fairview
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Fairview
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Fairview | Official |
| Fairview | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Fairview
References to City of Fairview that document the origin of its place name
FAIRVIEW, west of Troutdale, on the Columbia River, has also been known as Cleone. Fairview was adopted, in 1855, as the name of a Methodist Sunday school, organized in 1853. The late Stephen Roberts proposed the name, and it was adopted in preference to Mount Pisgah and Mount Pleasant. After the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's line was built, about 1882, and a station was established, named Fairview, a confusion in mail matters ensued because an older Fairview existed in Coos County, Oregon. Milton Hosford proposed Cleone, which was accepted as the name of the post office, but the railroad adhered to the old station name Fairview. Cleone post office was established March 27, 1883, with Hosford postmaster. Differences over the name of the place were composed, probably due to the abandonment of the Coos County office of Fair- view, and on January 14, 1914, the name of the office of Cleone was changed to Fairview. In 1927 Milton W. Smith of Portland told the compiler that it was his opinion that the community of Fairview was named in the early '80s by Mrs. Hannah M. Smith, who platted the townsite. Mrs. Smith was the widow of Hiram (Redshirt) Smith. This does not agree with the data given above, which is from Scott's History of the Oregon Country, volume II, page 313. A news item in the Oregonian, September 10, 1901, page 9, says the name Fairview had been in use about 45 years, and this seems to substantiate the Scott version. It is probable that Mrs. Smith merely adopted the old name for her town.
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