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Fairview, Marshall County, West Virginia

Coordinates: 39°44′23″N 80°47′26″W / 39.73972°N 80.79056°W / 39.73972; -80.79056
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Fairview
Fairview is located in West Virginia
Fairview
Fairview
Location within the state of West Virginia
Fairview is located in the United States
Fairview
Fairview
Fairview (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°44′23″N 80°47′26″W / 39.73972°N 80.79056°W / 39.73972; -80.79056
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Marshall
Elevation
1,371 ft (418 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1538796[1]

Fairview is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. It was also known as Ella and Nauvoo.

A colony of early Mormons settled here.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairview, Marshall County, West Virginia
  2. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 438.