Fairview Alabama Map

About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in Pickens 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 collection of quiet homesteads and open fields, defined by the slow, deliberate rise of land toward the distant silhouette of Phillips Mountain. It lies 20.6 miles west-northwest of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 300°T), and is situated 21.7 miles west-northwest of Tuscaloosa. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the longleaf pines and hardwood stands, softening the edges of the horizon as the light shifts to a bruised, golden violet at dusk. A short distance away, the cool, shallow waters of Clear Creek carve their way through the landscape, acting as a perennial pulse for the surrounding woods. To the north, the Sipsey River Complex offers a dense, protected expanse of wilderness where the forest floor gathers the morning mist, remaining largely undisturbed by the steady, measured cadence of life in the nearby rural corridors.

Fairview maintains a character rooted in the resilience of its agricultural lineage, where the commerce of the soil—peaches, pecans, and timber—still shapes the rhythm of the seasons. History here is felt in the architecture of older farmsteads and the persistent, unadorned utility of the local roads that link Fairview to the wider patterns of regional trade. While Freeman Lake remains a distant, serene destination for those seeking the stillness of deeper waters, the daily life of the populace is tethered to the land and the modest, industrious pace of its schools and small-scale enterprises. The atmosphere is one of quiet continuity, an existence measured not by the velocity of the modern world, but by the slow, reliable growth of the crops and the enduring presence of the timbered hills that define the perimeter of this inland life.

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 Pickens County (Carrollton), 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.