[citation needed] Fairview was incorporated on July 28, 1959, under the Uniform City Manager-Commission Charter as set out in the Tennessee Code Annotated.

Fairview city limits are located about one mile (1.6 km) southwest from the Nashville-Davidson County line and has two interstates passing through it (I-40 & I-840).

The center offers civic meeting rooms, WAVES org, exercise classes, a gym with free weights and machines and a large outdoor swimming pool.

There is also a full size basketball court that is open for free play.

In the spring and early summer, the youth of Fairview play softball and baseball in the local recreation leagues.

The city is twenty-five miles from downtown Nashville, and is located along State Highway 100 in the NW section of Williamson County.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,357 people, 2,962 households, and 2,234 families residing in the city.

Racial makeup as of the 2010 census was 93.5% White, 2.8% Latino and 1.1% African American.

A special census was conducted in 2015 and reported the city limit population had increased to nearly 10,000.