Fairview Alabama Map

About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in Franklin 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 emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet configuration of fields and timberland, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Hargett Creek. It lies 3.7 miles north of Russellville, AL (from Russellville, AL: bearing 0°T), and is situated 16.8 miles south of Florence. The air here holds a heavy, humid weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the deep, resinous perfume of longleaf pine that stands watch over the local topography. To the west, the jagged, shadowed silhouette of Devils Backbone disrupts the horizon, while the terrain itself dips into the low, shadowed folds of Lee Bottom. Sunlight fractures through the canopy of bottomland hardwoods, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures that stretch toward the quiet, reflective surface of Lake Leola. The light at dusk here is a bruised purple, settling over the landscape with a stillness that seems to suspend the very passage of time.

Fairview maintains a steady, agrarian pulse, its history written in the patient labor of those who work the soil and manage the local timber. The economy remains tethered to the land, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life far more than the frantic ticking of a clock. Residents often find their respite at City Lake Park, a place where the community gathers under the canopy of oaks to mark the passage of a slow, deliberate existence. The memory of the past lingers in the architecture of the older houses and the narrow back roads that wind through the woods, connecting Fairview to a legacy of resilience. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way the town persists, a settlement carved into the inland expanse where the land remains the final authority on how a day should be spent.

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 Franklin County (Russellville), 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.