Fairview Kentucky Map

About Fairview, Kentucky

Fairview is a locality in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 258. The population density is 82.5 people per km². Fairview is located at 36.8422°N, 87.3108°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 42038, 40342, 40769.

Fairview occupies a quiet expanse of Kentucky soil where the horizon is defined by the steady, rhythmic rise and fall of fertile farmland. It lies 10.3 miles east of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 98°T), and is situated 18.8 miles north of Saint Bethlehem. The earth here holds a deep, limestone-rich quality that encourages a persistent, vibrant greenery, stretching toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Tucker Ridge. Water moves with deliberate, slow purpose through the landscape, channeled by the modest currents of Montgomery Creek, while the deeper stillness of Ewing Lake creates a glass-like surface that reflects the shifting clouds of the afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the subtle, shaded geometry of Jones Hollow, where the light at dusk softens, turning the grass into a muted, velvet gray before the night settles over the open plains.

Fairview serves as a sentinel of a complex, layered past, anchored physically and culturally by the presence of the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. The economy remains rooted in the patient cycles of agriculture, a tradition that dictates the pace of the day and keeps the local pulse synchronized with the seasons of planting and harvest. Life in Fairview proceeds with a grounded, unassuming gravity, where the weight of history is felt not in loud declarations, but in the enduring architecture and the quiet, persistent talk of those who tend the soil. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the rustle of crops and the long, quiet shadows cast by a history that remains as tactile and present as the limestone beneath the surface.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.842226, -87.310768. 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 (42038, 40342, 40769), telephone area code (606, 270), county seat of Christian County (Hopkinsville), and school district assignment (Christian 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.