East Fairview is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 73 as of the 2020 census. The community is located on the North Dakota-Montana border, which separates it from Fairview, Montana.
East Fairview is in western McKenzie County. North Dakota Highway 200 forms the northern edge of the CDP. The highway leads east to Alexander and to Watford City, the McKenzie county seat. To the west it enters Montana and becomes Montana Highway 200, which passes through Fairview and leads southwest to Sidney.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the East Fairview CDP has an area of , of which , or 0.52%, are water. The Yellowstone River passes east of the community, south of its mouth at the Missouri River.