It was named Fairway from its proximity to several driving ranges. Landmarks include Shawnee Methodist Mission, Mission Center Mall and Kansas City Country Club. Fairway is the birthplace of Blair Butler, comedian.
Fairway, Kansas gifts and souvenirs: 21 designs made from Fairway's own map, landmarks and history, from $10 to $95. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.
| Popular | Price |
|---|---|
| Fairway Hometown Ornament | $23 |
| Fairway Vintage Travel Poster | from $40 |
| Fairway Varsity Crewneck | from $57 |
| Fairway Est. Tee | from $33 |
| Fairway Town Line Mug | from $26 |
| Fairway Market Tote | $37 |
Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon, in 3 styles
Its landmark photo in a classic travel-poster layout
A local landmark photo as a gallery print
Map of local landmarks, washable fabric
Heavy-blend fleece, street map printed on the back
Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
Bella+Canvas toddler jersey
Bella+Canvas baby bodysuit
Glossy ceramic, dishwasher safe
Weatherproof, for the front walk
24″×16″, printed coir-look fibers, rubber back
12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
A local landmark photo with the town name, 18″×18″
Sturdy all-over-print tote
Glossy top, cork back
Soft fleece, 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
Population 2010: 3,882 → 2020: 4,170
From Wikidata (CC0).
For millennia, the Great Plains of North America were inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. In the 1820s, the federal government reserved this area for use by the Shawnee people, who had ceded their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. In 1839, Methodists established the Shawnee Methodist Mission here to operate a school for the Shawnee and try to convert them to Christianity. Later it was named the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor School and also accepted Native American boarding students, then closed in 1862. The site is now owned by the Kansas Historical Society, designated as a National Historic Landmark, and is operated by the city of Fairway as a museum.
In the 1930s, as Kansas City suburbs were developing, a developer named J.C. Nichols. laid out a subdivision near a golf course. It was named Fairway from its proximity to several driving ranges. Fairway was incorporated in 1949 and is known as "The City of Trees".
Fairway formed its own police force in 1949 with the appointment of a town marshal. This position was succeeded by police chiefs.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Fairway, Kansas, revision 1375871518 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
We share a part of every Fairway sale with local partners, and we'd love to print from your collection. Old photographs, maps and postcards make the best keepsakes.
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1 free coloring page of Fairway, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Fairway's population was 4,170 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 3,882 in 2010.
Shawnee Methodist Mission