Fairview West Virginia Map

About Fairview, West Virginia

Fairview is a locality in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 373. The population density is 514.3 people per km². Fairview is located at 39.5927°N, 80.2468°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fairview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26377, 26570.

Fairview occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells, defined primarily by the steady, unpretentious flow of the North Fork Left Fork Proctor Creek. It lies 22.7 miles south of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 189°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-northeast of New Martinsville. The air here holds a particular weight, often cooling quickly as the sun dips behind the dense, green-black lines of trees that define the horizon. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the damp soil and the persistent growth of hardwood timber that blankets the surrounding terrain. While the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette on the edge of vision, the immediate environment is defined by the intimate, enclosed character of the nearby Henderson Hollow, where the shadows linger long after the morning has fully broken.

Fairview maintains the quiet resilience of a place that remembers the heavy, industrial labor of the past, even as the coal-camp rhythm of previous generations settles into a more measured pace. The local economy persists in the shadow of the Consol Energy Powhatan Point Wildlife Area, a space that reclaimed the land for quiet observation and natural growth rather than extraction. Life here is dictated by the slow, seasonal turn of the landscape, and for those who look closely, there is a distinct beauty in the way the water pools near the Quarto Mine Number Four Dam Number Five. Residents navigate the days with an awareness of the proximity to the Sunfish Creek State Forest, a quiet expanse that serves as a reminder of the vast, wooded solitude that surrounds every home and porch in Fairview.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.592703, -80.246765. 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 (26377, 26570), telephone area code (304), county seat of Marshall County (Moundsville), and school district assignment (Marion 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.