Fairview Pennsylvania Map

About Fairview, Pennsylvania

Fairview is a locality in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,850. The population density is 310.4 people per km². Fairview is located at 42.0255°N, 80.2547°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17866, 15052, 15501.

Fairview occupies a quiet expanse of the interior landscape where the earth settles into a series of modest, productive swells. It lies 17.9 miles northwest of Carnot-Moon, PA (from Carnot-Moon, PA: bearing 312°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-northeast of Saint Clair Township. The Wolf Run carves a direct path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, steady purpose that defines the drainage of the immediate fields and thickets. Only a mile away, the wooded boundaries of State Game Land 173 provide a dense, quiet buffer against the sprawling development found elsewhere in the region. Beyond the local horizon, the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as faint, jagged shadows, reminding inhabitants that Fairview exists within a vast, landlocked territory far from the reach of any coast. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the autumn fields into a deep, muted gold that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the western ridges.

Fairview maintains a character shaped by the slow, industrious accumulation of generations who have worked the soil and sustained the local economy through agriculture and small-scale commerce. While Purgatory Hollow sits just three miles away as a testament to the rugged, uneven nature of the topography, the primary settlement remains a place of deliberate, everyday persistence. Residents often look toward the nearby Miskita Lake for a sense of stillness, or travel the six miles required to reach the Fishermans Trail when they seek the quietude of the woods. History in Fairview is not found in grand monuments, but in the way the local economy has adapted from early agrarian roots to the modern demands of the Pennsylvania interior. Life here follows the unforced pace of the seasons, where the primary concerns remain the maintenance of the land and the quiet, recurring rhythms of the morning commute.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 42.025458, -80.254725. 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 (17866, 15052, 15501), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Fairview 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.