On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairfield Plantation is among the newest of U.S. towns, #248 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairfield Plantation’s overall grade.
Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fairfield Plantation’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Fairfield Plantation’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairfield Plantation yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fairfield Plantation is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Carroll County, Georgia, United States. It is a community situated around a golf course and reservoir (Treasure Lake), 8 miles (13 km) south of Villa Rica and 38 miles (61 km) west of Atlanta. Fairfield Plantation was created as a Planned Unit Development in the 1970s. The population as of the 2020 census is 4,898.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fairfield Plantation, 1870 to 1958
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairfield Plantation. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1958Villa Rica sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairfield Plantation.
Famous people
Famous people close to Fairfield Plantation
Nobody well known was born in Fairfield Plantation itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Another post office, Allens Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Gone or out of use
Allen Millslocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Fairfield Plantation’s history
How does Fairfield Plantation rank for history?
Fairfield Plantation is among the newest of U.S. towns, #248 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Fairfield Plantation?
0.0% of Fairfield Plantation’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1996.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
