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History · Fairfield Township

41% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1918 on.

0on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Fairfield Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fairfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Fairfield Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19183 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1974. Watch Fairfield Township change.Old housesHalf of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfield Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Carland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
CarlandHoovers CornersOlney Corners
Gone or out of use
Carland Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairfield Township
FairfieldOld Fairfield

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Fairfield Township on the map, 1918 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fairfield Township on the 1918 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1943 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1974 USGS map1918Elsie 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 Township.

The story so far

Fairfield Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairfield Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fairfield Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 652.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 755 to 652 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1884 to 1973

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Carland post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1973Post officeThe Carland post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Fairfield Township

Nobody well known was born in Fairfield Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Leo BurnettAmerican advertising executive · b. 1891
Robert AsprinAmerican science fiction and fantasy author · b. 1946
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Martha Arnold BoughtonAmerican educator, author · b. 1857
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Earl RappAmerican baseball player · b. 1921
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Valde GarciaAmerican politician · b. 1958
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Milton BarnesAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1957
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rush TownshipIts storyBMiddlebury TownshipIts storyC+Chapin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDuplain Township1 historic placeA

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

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.