Fairford Alabama Map

About Fairford, Alabama

Fairford is a locality in Washington County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 20.2 people per km². Fairford is located at 31.1780°N, 88.0728°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 36553.

Fairford emerges from the thick, humid air of the Alabama interior, where the landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Poll Bayou as it carves a path through the dense woodland. It lies 24.0 miles north of Saraland, AL (from Saraland, AL: bearing 1°T), and is situated 11.1 miles east-northeast of Citronelle. The terrain here rises toward the modest, rounded prominence of Big Rock, which stands as a silent watcher over the longleaf pines and tangled bottomland hardwoods that define the local horizon. Sunlight filters through the canopy in muted, shifting patterns, illuminating the deep red clay of the back roads and the heavy, drooping curtains of Spanish moss that cling to the ancient oaks. A quiet stillness hangs over the earth, broken only by the occasional rustle of wildlife moving toward the fringes of the Frank W. and Rob M. Boykin Wildlife Management Area. The atmosphere is heavy with the scent of damp soil and vegetation, a place where the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, velvety violet before the shadows swallow the pines.

Fairford maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, drawing its character from a history rooted in the quiet labor of the timber and agricultural industries that have long sustained the regional economy. Residents often look toward the distant, shimmering surface of Three Rivers Lake when the summer heat presses down, finding a necessary respite in the vast, managed wilderness that characterizes the surrounding districts. The local life remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, where the harvest of pecans and the careful stewardship of the forest remain central to the identity of those who reside here. Even as the modern world encroaches, Fairford retains an enduring sense of isolation, an inland sanctuary where the echoes of the past remain etched in the persistent, unchanging geography of the woods and the slow, meandering currents of the bayou.

About This Fairford Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairford, Alabama. Coordinates: 31.178002, -88.072784. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fairford includes the ZIP code (36553), telephone area code (251), county seat of Washington County (Chatom), and school district assignment (Washington County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.