Fairview Township is located within Luzerne County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 Census the population was 4,520.  The area which encompasses the township is 9.42 miles.  Ashley Planes located in the township is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fairview Township is centrally located between two cities in Luzerne County, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre. Residents living in the township have a roughly 15 minute commute to both hubs.

Crestwood School District is the public school system.  The district has four schools:  Rice Elementary, Fairview Elementary, Crestwood Middle School, and Crestwood High School. The District Office is located at: 281 South Mountain Boulevard

Mountain Top, PA 18707

Phone:  570-474-6782

Fax: 570-474-2254

Students have the option to attend the regional career and technical school (Wilkes-Barre Career Career & Technology Center) located in nearby Plains Township.