Fairview Alabama Map

About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in Madison 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 occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, winding course of Swamp Branch dictates the slow drainage of the red-clay soil. It lies 10.3 miles north-northeast of Meridianville, AL (from Meridianville, AL: bearing 33°T), and is situated 3.3 miles southeast of Lincoln. The horizon is defined by the distant, muted silhouette of Pea Ridge, a geological boundary that keeps the air heavy and still during the long, humid afternoons. In the low-lying areas, the transition from open fields to dense thickets of hardwood feels absolute, as if the landscape is reclaiming the edges of every fence line. The light here has a way of thickening at dusk, turning the dust kicked up from the back roads into a soft, copper haze that settles over the fields long before the shadows reach the trees.

Fairview maintains an economy rooted in the patient rhythms of agriculture, where the seasonal yield of local orchards and the careful stewardship of the land remain the primary measures of prosperity. A few miles away, the quiet waters of Milner Pond and the protected silence of the State-owned Submerged Lands provide a buffer against the encroaching pace of the wider world. Life here is measured in the steady persistence of small-scale industry and the collective memory of families who have worked these acres through generations of changing harvests. It is a place where the social fabric is held together by the simple, predictable patterns of daily labor and the shared understanding that the land, while demanding, offers a profound sense of permanence to those who stay.

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 Madison County (Huntsville), 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.