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History · Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township dates to 1787, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 46% of U.S. towns · #702 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Most of Fairfield Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Fitz Randolph-Rogers House. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1915 on, and the census since 1960.

1787founded
1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Fairfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fairfield Township began

When was Fairfield Township founded?

1787

Fairfield Township dates its founding to 1787 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 9,734 in 19602020 census: 22,645239 years

How historic is Fairfield Township?

B−

More historic than 46% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Fairfield Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairfield Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #702 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairfield Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1787, from Wikidata: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 19401.8% of homes (±1.1) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register1 listing, 0.4 per 10,000 residents · typical OH town 2.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 46%
NewerOlder
Ohio towns of 2,500+ (993)Ahead of 29%

Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fairfield Township’s 0.4 sits near the middle of its state (47% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1787.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages8 hamlets and corners are still on the map.On the map since 19155 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1988. Watch Fairfield Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1787: 239 years of Fairfield Township.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Fairfield Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old view"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Ascot DownsBelmontBrofield EstatesFairham HeightsFlocktonGreenlawnHomewoodNormandy Heights
Gone or out of use
School Number 11schoolSchool Number 12schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 3schoolSchool Number 4schoolSheley Stationlocale
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairfield Township
Fairfield TrusteesRose HillShafer Farm

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Fairfield Township on the map, 1915 to 1988

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 1915 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1955 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1965 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1974 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1988 USGS map1915Hamilton 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

How Fairfield Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fairfield Township.

Read it all →

Prior to European settlement the Fairfield area was home to several Indian tribes, most prominently the Shawnee and the Miami. The prehistoric Hopewell and Adena peoples constructed numerous earthworks around the city, though most were unwittingly removed by early settlers in order to accommodate farm fields.

The area that is now Fairfield was part of the original Symmes Purchase. Also known as the Miami Purchase, the region was acquired by Judge John Cleves Symmes from the Continental Congress in 1788 and included much of the land between the Little Miami and Great Miami rivers that became the present day counties of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren.

ChaptersEarly historyGrowth and incorporationGrowing pains and stabilization

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1787 to 1915

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1787
    FoundingFairfield Township is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914In the archiveButler County Atlas and Pictorial Review: Including Surveys, Geological Reports, Township…
  5. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fairfield Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s2 items
Butler County Atlas and Pictorial Review: Including Surveys, Geological Reports, Township, Village and City Maps 19141914Butler County Atlas and Pictorial Review: Including S…Map"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field1917"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today10 recent
Model (not functioning) Porta Potties, or movable toilets, designate the entrance to the real restrooms at Jungle Jim's…2016Model (not functioning) Porta Potties, or movable toi…A full-sized model Amish horse and buggy above supermarket food shelves in the Jungle Jim's International Market in the…2016A full-sized model Amish horse and buggy above superm…This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jungle Jim's International Market in the Cincinnati suburb of Fairfiel…2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jungle Jim's International Market in the Cincinnati suburb of Fairfiel…2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jungle Jim's International Market in the Cincinnati suburb of Fairfiel…2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…Even the grocery aisles have personality at Jungle Jim's International Market in the Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield, Oh…2016Even the grocery aisles have personality at Jungle Ji…South Pond Loop at Gilmore Ponds2014South Pond Loop at Gilmore PondsFairfield (Ohio) Banner22014Fairfield (Ohio) Banner2Symmes Mission Chapel site2013Symmes Mission Chapel siteIpod 2962010Ipod 296
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.

"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field
Retake this view"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field, 1917

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
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
first listed
1978
Fitz Randolph-Rogers House
Fitz Randolph-Rogers House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
All 1 listings
Fitz Randolph-Rogers HouseBuilding · listed 1978

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

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,000196019802000202044,907

Grew from 9,734 people in 1960 to 44,907 in 2020, 4 times over.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Hamilton20 historic placesA+Fairfield2 historic placesB−St. Clair Township4 historic placesA−Ross Township4 historic placesB+Woodsdale7 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew MiamiIts storyC+Liberty Township1 historic placeC−West Chester Township3 historic placesB−Colerain TownshipIts storyC+DunlapIts storyB

Questions about Fairfield Township’s history

What year was Fairfield Township founded?

In 1787, according to Wikidata. the census of 1960 counted 9,734 people here.

How does Fairfield Township rank for history?

Fairfield Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #702 of 993 in Ohio. 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.

What is on the National Register in Fairfield Township?

One place: the Fitz Randolph-Rogers House (listed 1978).

How old are the homes in Fairfield Township?

2% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1995.

Memory lane

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

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.