Fairfield Tennessee Map

About Fairfield, Tennessee

Fairfield is a locality in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 141. The population density is 54.9 people per km². Fairfield is located at 36.6209°N, 86.3425°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 37745, 37020, 37033.

Fairfield emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of limestone earth and persistent, verdant growth. It lies 11.4 miles east-northeast of Shelbyville, TN (from Shelbyville, TN: bearing 60°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-southeast of Plainview. The Morgan Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its water reflecting the shifting gray and amber hues of the sky as it moves past the low-slung architecture of the dwellings. Beyond the immediate terrain, the land dips into the quietude of Justice Hollow, where the air holds a distinct, humid weight that persists even as the shadows lengthen across the fields. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a permanent, silent boundary to the east, watching over a region defined by its inland stability and the slow, rhythmic cycle of the seasons.

Fairfield relies upon the steady pulse of its agricultural heritage, where the labor of the day is measured in the cultivation of the surrounding acreage and the maintenance of local trade. Residents often seek the solitude of Bedford Lake, a nearby SRMA that provides a reprieve from the demands of labor, offering a mirror-still surface where the sky finds a second life in the water. While the roar of distant life seems entirely absent, the proximity of Baker Falls provides a singular, thunderous punctuation to the otherwise hushed environment. Here, the economy remains tethered to the land’s yield, and the pace of life maintains a deliberate, unhurried cadence, allowing the inhabitants to exist in a state of continuous, quiet observation of the world they occupy.

About This Fairfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairfield, Tennessee. Coordinates: 36.620881, -86.342491. 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 (37745, 37020, 37033), telephone area code (615, 629), county seat of Bedford County (Shelbyville), and school district assignment (Sumner 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.