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History · Fairfield Township

38% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Fairfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.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
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewSteel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage Rive…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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 township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 120 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 155 to 120 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1883 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Roads post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Roads post office closes
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fairfield Township, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Steel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage River on State Highway 7Date?Steel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage River on State Hig…
On the map

Fairfield Township on the map, 1957 to 1982

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 1957 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1982 USGS map1957Roads sheet · 1:24,000

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.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Steel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage River on State Highway 7
Retake this viewSteel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage River on State Highway 7

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Fairfield Township’s page.

Retake this view · +15
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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Erle C. KentonFilm director · b. 1896
Pauline Gracia Beery MackAmerican chemist · b. 1891
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James FergasonInventor, entrepreneur · b. 1934
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David HolsingerAmerican composer and conductor · b. 1945
Ralph F. LozierAmerican politician · b. 1866
James KirkpatrickAmerican politician from Missouri · b. 1905
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Roads
Gone or out of use
Brady SchoolschoolEnterprise SchoolschoolHawkins AirportairportRoads Schoolschool

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPrairie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeslie TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fairfield Township’s history

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Sources

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 the Library of Congress (1), 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.