Fairville, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated area in southern Chester County

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

 which developed in the early nineteenth century about a mile north of the Pennsylvania-Delaware border. It is a linear village

Linear village

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 along the Kennett Pike (Pennsylvania Route 52

Pennsylvania Route 52

Pennsylvania Route 52 is a long state highway located in southeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Pennsylvania-Delaware state line near Kennett Square, where PA 52 continues as Delaware Route 52. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 322 Business in West Chester. Near...

) that runs between Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

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 and Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

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. Businesses along the road served both travelers on the road and residents of nearby farms. The village or hamlet extends about 500 yards along both sides of Kennett Pike from Fairville Road to Hickory Hills Road.

About 1900 Phillip DuPont

Du Pont family

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 built a mansion just south of Fairville Road that is included in the Historic District that was included in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1996. The Harlan Log House

Harlan Log House

The Harlan Log House, built about 1715 by Joshua Harlan, is a well preserved example of an English-style log cabin, in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States about a half mile west of the hamlet of Fairville. Joshua Harlan was the son of George Harlan, who arrived in...

, which was built about 1715 is about a half mile west of the village on Fairville Road.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania
  National Register of Historic Places listings in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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• Centreville, Delaware