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History · Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township’s post office opened in 1873, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1900.

1873first post office
1on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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How Fairfield Township began

When was Fairfield Township founded?

1873

The Fairfield Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Liberty Farm (1871), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 1,203 in 19002020 census: 508153 years
Founding year: the first Fairfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1985. Watch Fairfield Township change.Old housesHalf of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1953.
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Start Fairfield Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfield Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Fairfield Township on the map, 1898 to 1985

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 1898 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1969 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1985 USGS map1898Superior sheet · 1:125,000

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.

The story

How Fairfield Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fairfield Township.

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Fairfield got its start in 1872 with the construction of the railroad through the territory.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1871 to 1898

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Liberty Farm post office opens
  3. 1874Post officeThe Liberty Farm post office closes
  4. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fairfield Township, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 32010Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 3Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 22010Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 2Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 12010Fairfield, Nebraska D Street 1Fairfield, Nebraska 5 x D SW2010Fairfield, Nebraska 5 x D SWFairfield, Nebraska 5 x D SW condemned sign2010Fairfield, Nebraska 5 x D SW condemned signFairfield Nebraska2009Fairfield NebraskaNEMap-doton-Fairfield2005NEMap-doton-Fairfield
On the National Register

1 historic place in Fairfield Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Fairfield Township, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,203

Between 330 and 1,203 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fairfield Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Gone or out of use
Frager Field AirportairportLiberty FarmlocaleLiberty Farms Post Officepost office
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairfield Township
FairfieldSaint Aloysius

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.

Spring Ranch Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEdgar TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLone Tree TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fairfield Township’s history

What year was Fairfield Township founded?

The Fairfield Township post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.