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History · Fairfield Township

Fairfield Township dates to 1806, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1907 on, and the census since 1980.

1806founded
3on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Fairfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fairfield Township began

When was Fairfield Township founded?

1806

Fairfield Township dates its founding to 1806 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 8,996 in 19802020 census: 9,769220 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1810.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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Fairfield Township, and 4 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19074 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Fairfield Township change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1806: 220 years of Fairfield Township.
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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

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

East Fairfield
1828–1906
Mosk
1882–1902
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
East FairfieldMiddletonSunshine Mobile Home ParkUnionville
Gone or out of use
East Fairfield Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairfield Township
Bethel - FairfieldCool SpringsEasterlyHum

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, 1907 to 1994

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 1907 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1960 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1971 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1994 USGS map1907Columbiana 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.

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The township was organized in 1806. The first permanent settler was known to be Mathias Lower who emigrated from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1800.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1806 to 1917

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1806
    FoundingFairfield Township is established
  3. 1828Post officeThe East Fairfield post office opens
  4. 1864Born hereAsher A. Galbreath is born here
  5. 1882Post officeThe Mosk post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1902Post officeThe Mosk post office closes
  8. 1906Post officeThe East Fairfield post office closes
  9. 1907On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1917In the archive"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field
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.

1910s1 item
"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
Today12 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…East Fairfield Ohio United Methodist Church2016East Fairfield Ohio United Methodist ChurchMap of Columbiana County Ohio Highlighting Fairfield Township2015Map of Columbiana County Ohio Highlighting Fairfield …MapNicholas Eckis House2009Nicholas Eckis HouseCemetery at East2009Cemetery at EastFairfield Township Columbiana County highway2007Fairfield Township Columbiana County highwayFair Fields of Columbiana County2007Fair Fields of Columbiana County
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

3 historic places in Fairfield Township

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Nicholas Eckis House
Nicholas Eckis HouseHiram Bell Farmstead
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Italianate1
Nicholas Eckis HouseBuilding
Hiram Bell FarmsteadGreek Revival

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

02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000198020002020Peak: 9,890

Between 8,981 and 9,890 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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.

Salem Township3 historic placesAElkrun Township1 historic placeB+Unity TownshipIts storyB+Leetonia2 historic placesA−Beaver Township1 historic placeBColumbiana1 historic placeB

Questions about Fairfield Township’s history

What year was Fairfield Township founded?

In 1806, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Fairfield Township’s post office opened in 1810, and the census of 1980 counted 8,996 people here.

What is on the National Register in Fairfield Township?

3 listings: 1 building, among them the Nicholas Eckis House (listed 1980, the first), and 1 historic district, the Hiram Bell Farmstead, with 4 contributing buildings. 6 historic buildings in all.

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the Library of Congress (7), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.