Fairfield North Carolina Map

About Fairfield, North Carolina

Fairfield is a locality in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 12.7 people per km². Fairfield is located at 35.5504°N, 76.2265°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27577, 27408, 28103.

Fairfield occupies a low, level stretch of land where the horizon feels vast and the sky claims more than its share of the view. It lies 52.1 miles south of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 178°T), and is situated 55.0 miles east-northeast of New Bern. The air here carries a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, drifting from the Atlantic Ocean only eleven miles away to settle over the flat, dark soil. To the north, the waters of Lake Mattamuskeet mirror the changing colors of the clouds, while the Alligator River winds through the nearby landscape like a slow, dark pulse. Beyond the horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Buck Ridge offers the only deviation from a terrain defined by its profound, marshy flatness. The proximity to the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the silence is frequently broken by the sudden, rushing beat of wings as migratory birds descend upon the wetlands, turning the dusk into a frantic, living shadow.

Fairfield grew from the necessity of working this stubborn, water-logged earth, where agriculture remains the quiet backbone of the local economy. Generations have organized their lives around the cycles of harvest and the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons, maintaining a pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the outside world. Near Heron Bay Island, the remnants of older ways of life persist in the weathered timber of structures that have held their ground against the humidity and the occasional surge of the tides. The people here understand the land not as a static backdrop, but as a shifting partner, one that demands a steady, patient hand in exchange for its yield. Life in Fairfield continues with a grounded, unassuming dignity, shaped by the weight of the water and the persistent, quiet endurance of those who have made this landscape their own.

About This Fairfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairfield, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.5504, -76.226508. 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 Fairfield includes the ZIP code (27577, 27408, 28103), telephone area code (704, 980, 919, 984), county seat of Hyde County (Swan Quarter), and school district assignment (Hyde County Schools).

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.