Fairview Alabama Map

About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 543. The population density is 97.7 people per km². Fairview is located at 34.2502°N, 86.6777°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fairview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35579, 35045, 35553.

Fairview spreads across an undulating landscape where the dark, silt-heavy waters of Steele Creek trace a winding path through the red-clay earth. It lies 23.7 miles north-northeast of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southwest of Trenton. The horizon is defined by the shadowed silhouette of Pudding Ridge, standing as a silent sentinel over the dense woodlands that transition into the deep, shaded hollows of Atkins Gulf. Light filters through the canopy in sharp, golden shafts during the humid afternoons, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that stretch toward the quiet, still surface of Well Flat. Here, the air carries the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and ancient growth, a stillness that seems to hold the very breath of the interior woods.

Fairview maintains a steady, deliberate pace rooted in the traditions of agricultural industry and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. Local life centers on the seasonal rhythms of the land, where the heritage of the region is reflected in the spare, functional architecture of the homesteads and the enduring reach of the nearby Fox Mountain Preserve. Travelers passing through might catch the distant, rhythmic rush of High Falls, a reminder of the rugged, vertical character hidden within the surrounding terrain. Whether through the daily commerce that sustains the neighborhood or the enduring memory of the families who first cleared these thickets, Fairview remains a place where the weight of the past is measured not in monuments, but in the slow, inevitable turn of the seasons.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.250195, -86.677724. 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 Fairview includes the ZIP code (35579, 35045, 35553), telephone area code (205, 256), county seat of DeKalb County (Fort Payne), and school district assignment (Cullman 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.