Fairwood, Maryland

About Fairwood

Fairwood, MD is a small unincorporated community located in central Maryland.

Officially, Fairwood is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.41 square miles.

📰 Fairwood News Today

• Fairwood CDP, Maryland Census.gov · Aug 3
• 4 displaced after Fairwood townhouse fire DC News Now · Mar 14
• In Fairwood, dreams of black wealth foundered amid the mortgage meltdown The Washington Post · Jan 25
• Fairwood by Ryan Homes in Fairwood MD Livabl · May 29
• Fairwood, Maryland Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fairwood Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Easy reach of Bowie (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Fairwood

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Fairwood

• Queensway — nigerian
• Samosa Supreme
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Texas Roadhouse — steak house

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fairwood

• Northeast Branch Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fairwood

🏘️ Nearby Communities