Editing Fair Plain, Michigan (section)

==History==
The community was named for the scenic character of the original town site.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bcgensoc.com/facts.php?sid=3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313101635/https://bcgensoc.com/facts.php?sid=3 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 March 2018 | title=Origins - Old Place Names | publisher=Berrien County Genealogical Society | access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>

Fairplain Plaza,<ref name=plaza>{{cite web |url=http://www.lormaxstern.com/shopping-centers/michigan/fairplain-plaza/|title=Fairplain Plaza|publisher=Lormax Stern |access-date=2018-11-15}}</ref> located on [[M-139 (Michigan highway)|M-139]] on the east edge of Fair Plain, was the first [[shopping center]] in the area, opening in 1958.<ref>{{cite news|title=Huge Plaza Shopping Center Opens Tomorrow|date=1958-06-17|work=[[The Herald-Palladium|The News-Palladium]]|location=[[Benton Harbor, Michigan|Benton Harbor, MI]]|page=18<!-- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/364943054/ -->}}</ref> The original Fairplain Plaza was largely [[Demolition|demolished]] by the late 1990s, but was subsequently rebuilt and expanded using different architecture techniques.<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Dodson |title=Fairplain gets new lease on life |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/39450671.html?FMT=ABS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022081753/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/39450671.html?FMT=ABS |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |work=[[South Bend Tribune]] |date=1999-02-25 |access-date=2009-08-25 }}</ref>

There was a failed proposal to incorporate Fair Plain as a city in 1975.<ref>{{cite news|first=Larry|last=MacIntyre|page=1|title=Would City of Fairplain Have Aided BH Schools?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/365447453/|work=[[The Herald-Palladium]]|date=November 3, 1977|access-date=October 20, 2021}}</ref>