Fairview, California
census designated place in Alameda County, California, United States
Fairview is a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated Alameda County, California, United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census.
A mix of suburban bedroom community and low-density, multi-acre rural properties backed up against vast open space, Fairview borders the census-designated place of Castro Valley to the north and east, and the city of Hayward to the west. Fairview's population was 11,341 at the 2020 census.
History
Early and Indigenous History
The hills that now form Fairview were part of the homeland of the Ohlone people, specifically the Chochenyo-speaking Muwekma band, who maintained villages and seasonal camps throughout the East Bay.
In 1843, the land was included in the Rancho San Lorenzo, a Mexican land grant awarded to Guillermo (William) Castro. The rancho extended over what are now Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and the surrounding hills, including Fairview. Following the American annexation of California, legal disputes and financial pressures forced Castro to sell off much of the rancho during the 1850s and 1860s, opening the area to American and European settlers.
A notable early landmark was the “Lone Tree,” which by the 19th century gave its name to Lone Tree Cemetery.
The Hayward Fault Zone runs directly through the Fairview Hills.
“Fairview, California” enters the record as census designated place in Alameda County, California, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fairview, California and census can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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