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Fairview Texas Temple

Announced
2 October 2022
Groundbreaking
21 February 2026
An exterior rendering of the Fairview Texas Temple, a white, one-story building with a center tower and spire.
An exterior rendering of the Fairview Texas Temple.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A site map for the Fairview Texas Temple, showing nearby roads.
The site location map for the Fairview Texas Temple.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The location of the McKinney Texas Temple site in relation to the state of Texas.
The location of the Fairview Texas Temple site in relation to the state of Texas.Screenshot from Google Maps
The location of the McKinney Texas Temple site in relation to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The location of the Fairview Texas Temple site in relation to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.Screenshot from Google Maps

Groundbreaking of the Fairview Texas Temple

Ground was broken for the Fairview Texas Temple on Feb. 21, 2026, presided over by Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt, a General Authority Seventy and first counselor in the United States Southwest Area presidency. In his dedicatory prayer on the site, Elder Schmitt pleaded, “We pray this will be a place where all Thy children may come to feel a unique outpouring of Thy divine presence, power and peace.”

He asked for blessings to be “poured out upon this community” during and after the temple’s construction. “We pray a blessing to be upon all Thy children in this beautiful community of Fairview, Texas, and surrounding municipalities. We pray that hearts will be softened and that all Thy children will feel of Thy light, grace and goodness that will emanate from this holy place.”

Timeline of the Fairview Texas Temple

October
02
2022
Announced
Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Prosper, Texas, on Oct. 2, 2022, during October 2022 general conference. It was one of 18 temples announced at the conference — and the eighth for the Lone Star State. A First Presidency announcement on Dec. 4, 2023, moved the location to nearby Fairview. This change was reflected in the temple’s name in an April 28, 2025, announcement.
February
21
2026
Groundbreaking
A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Fairview Texas Temple on Feb. 21, 2026. Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt, General Authority Seventy and first counselor in the United States Southwest Area presidency, presided over the ceremony.

The Fairview Texas Temple was announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson on Oct. 2, 2022. Ground was broken for the temple on Feb. 21, 2026, with Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt presiding.

Architecture and Design of the Fairview Texas Temple

According to site plans released by the Church on Dec. 4, 2023, the Fairview Texas Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet on an 8.16-acre site in Fairview, a suburb north of Dallas and south of McKinney, and will be adjacent to an existing meetinghouse.

Additional Facts

Fact #1
This will be the eighth Latter-day Saint temple in Texas.
Fact #2
When this house of the Lord was announced, Texas had approximately 370,000 Latter-day Saints among 737 congregations.
Fact #3
This Texas temple was originally announced by the Church for Prosper, a northern suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. On Dec. 4, 2023, the First Presidency announced a site location — and correlating name — for the McKinney Texas Temple. On April 28, 2025, it was renamed the Fairview Texas Temple.
Fact #4
The closest temple to the Fairview temple site at the time of its announcement was the Dallas Texas Temple, a distance of approximately 18 miles away to the southwest.
Fact #5
The Fairview Texas Temple will be the third and northernmost temple in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. The other two sacred edifices in the region are the Dallas and Fort Worth Texas temples.
Fact #6
Because of its geographic radius, Texas has not only the farthest spread between temples in any one U.S. state — including more than 550 miles between the Lubbock and McAllen temples, and nearly 450 miles between Lubbock and Houston — but also some of the closest geographic distances outside of Utah between a spread of temple sites. These include just over 42 miles between the Dallas and Fort Worth temples; the approximately 20 miles between the Fairview temple site and the Dallas temple; and just over 70 miles between the Austin and San Antonio temple sites.

Quick Facts

Announced
2 October 2022
Groundbreaking
21 February 2026
GROUNDBREAKING PRESIDED BY
Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt
Location

681 E. Stacy Road

Fairview, Texas 75069

United States

Appointments
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Additional Facts

Fact #1
This will be the eighth Latter-day Saint temple in Texas.
Fact #2
When this house of the Lord was announced, Texas had approximately 370,000 Latter-day Saints among 737 congregations.
Fact #3
This Texas temple was originally announced by the Church for Prosper, a northern suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. On Dec. 4, 2023, the First Presidency announced a site location — and correlating name — for the McKinney Texas Temple. On April 28, 2025, it was renamed the Fairview Texas Temple.
Fact #4
The closest temple to the Fairview temple site at the time of its announcement was the Dallas Texas Temple, a distance of approximately 18 miles away to the southwest.
Fact #5
The Fairview Texas Temple will be the third and northernmost temple in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. The other two sacred edifices in the region are the Dallas and Fort Worth Texas temples.
Fact #6
Because of its geographic radius, Texas has not only the farthest spread between temples in any one U.S. state — including more than 550 miles between the Lubbock and McAllen temples, and nearly 450 miles between Lubbock and Houston — but also some of the closest geographic distances outside of Utah between a spread of temple sites. These include just over 42 miles between the Dallas and Fort Worth temples; the approximately 20 miles between the Fairview temple site and the Dallas temple; and just over 70 miles between the Austin and San Antonio temple sites.