Fairview Indiana Map

About Fairview, Indiana

Fairview is a locality in Washington County, Indiana, United States. Fairview is located at 38.7381°N, 86.2675°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP codes: 47011, 46127, 47108.

Fairview holds a quiet vigilance over the limestone-rich plains where the dark, moving waters of Twin Creek carve a slow path through the earth. It lies 10.2 miles southeast of Crawford, IN (from Crawford, IN: bearing 137°T), and is situated 14.6 miles southeast of Bedford. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of Fleener Ridge rising in the distance, a rugged spine that interrupts the horizon and dictates the way the evening light catches the fields. To the north, the land settles into a mosaic of woodlots and open acreage, while the nearby terrain of Steward Hollow holds a deeper, cooler shadow that lingers long after the sun has retreated. When the air turns sharp, the moisture rising from the creek bed brings a metallic scent of wet stone and drying corn, grounding Fairview in the physical realities of a geography that is far removed from any rising tide.

Fairview traces its internal rhythm to the cycles of the soil and the legacy of the limestone quarries that once supplied the foundations for grander buildings in distant places. The local economy persists through a patient dedication to agriculture, where the geometry of the fences and the rhythm of the harvest define the passage of the year. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of the Twin Creek Valley for a reprieve from the labor of the day, moving through a country where the past is rarely spoken of but always felt in the weight of the old brick structures. Life here does not seek to be noticed, preferring the steady, predictable hum of a world that values the harvest, the maintenance of the woodlot, and the occasional calm of an afternoon spent near the stillness of John Hays Lake.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Indiana. Coordinates: 38.73811, -86.267484. 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 (47011, 46127, 47108), telephone area code (317), county seat of Washington County (Salem), and school district assignment (Monroe Central School Corporation).

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.