Fairview

Ghost town · Madison County, Nebraska

Battle Creek quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fairview is a ghost town in Madison County, Nebraska. It is the only former community in Madison County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fairview as a historical populated place on the Battle Creek topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.8872° N, 97.5803° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Battle Creek
Elevation	1,695 ft
Nearest living town	Madison, NE
Distance to it	7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID	1880350
Coordinates	41.88723, -97.58033

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What's there now

Fairview is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Madison, NE (population 2,074), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,695 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Bismarck
ghost town · Cuming County · 34.6 mi
West Randolph
ghost town · Pierce County · 35.8 mi
Glencoe
ghost town · Dodge County · 41 mi
Mars
ghost town · Antelope County · 47.1 mi
Headquarters
ghost town · Wheeler County · 47.5 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.