Fairview Alabama Map

About Fairview, Alabama

Fairview is a locality in Winston 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 holds a quiet vigilance over the red-clay earth, where the narrow, winding course of Buck Branch carves a path through the dense, humid woodland. It lies 21.9 miles north-northwest of Jasper, AL (from Jasper, AL: bearing 348°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east-southeast of Haleyville. The landscape here is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, climbing toward the distant, jagged silhouette of Devils Backbone that anchors the horizon. Only two miles away, the waters of Lewis Smith Lake mirror the shifting sky, providing a cool contrast to the thick, pine-scented air that settles over the fields at dusk. Beyond the immediate clearings, the vast reaches of William B. Bankhead National Forest stretch out, creating a heavy, green canopy that seems to breathe with the changing seasons. The light at this latitude is thick and golden, catching the dust on back roads and turning the common oak into something heavy with potential.

Fairview functions as a steady point of commerce for the surrounding agricultural tracts, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the soil and the quiet industry of the interior. The history of the locality is etched into the way the roads follow the natural contours of the land, avoiding the steeper grades of the nearby Sweetwater Canyon. Residents maintain a pace that is dictated by the sun and the long, humid afternoons, favoring a life that values the preservation of land and the reliability of local institutions. It is a place where the proximity to the expansive William B. Bankhead National Forest keeps the modern world at a distance, allowing the character of the people to be shaped by the same deep, inland stillness that has defined this territory for generations.

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 Winston County (Double Springs), 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.