Life in Butler County’s smallest borough
FAIRVIEW — Past miles of rolling farmland and roads that wind through the woods north of Route 68 is a town spanning less than one-tenth of a square mile where Bernard Michael has spent a majority of his life.
Among the 70 houses of varying shapes and sizes is a cemetery, a baseball field, a small playground, a basketball court and a few churches. Google Maps doesn’t even have street view photos of the roads that make up the borough.
Michael, now 84 years old, was born in Fairview, and lives with his wife, Peggy Michael, in a house next to the one built by his grandfather in the late 1800s.
While the borough doesn’t encompass much area, its size is one of the main perks of living in Fairview, Michael said.
“We have two acres of land out here, you have space to do anything you want,” he said. “You can take a walk at night and not have to worry.”
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