Fairlawn is located at (37.150512, -80.570515) [REF].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km²), of which, 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (8.78%) is water.