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History · Fairfield Township

21% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 46% of U.S. towns · #705 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1917 on.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Fairfield Township’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

About Fairfield Township’s history

How historic is Fairfield Township?

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

What drives the grade ↓
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, #705 of 993 in Ohio. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairfield Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194020.6% of homes (±7.7) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
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 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±7.7 points).

Founding year: our sources. 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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages4 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Fairfield Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19174 editions of the USGS map, 1917 to 1974. Watch Fairfield Township change.
★ 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

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

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

East Monroe
1833–1978
Centrefield
1846–1893
Bridges
1891–1905
Centerfield
1893–1905
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BridgesEast MonroeHighland Station
Gone or out of use
Bridges Post Officepost officeMount Igorott SchoolschoolSlickaway SchoolschoolUnion Schoolschool
9cemeteries and burying grounds inside Fairfield Township
AntiochCowmanDollarhideDunkardFairfieldHardin CreekHuffPleasant HillTyler

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, 1917 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 1917 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1943 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1960 USGS mapFairfield Township on the 1974 USGS map1917Sabina 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 one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,661.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,764 to 3,661 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Fairfield Township, 1833 to 1978

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1833Post officeThe East Monroe post office opens
  3. 1846Post officeThe Centrefield post office opens
  4. 1891Post officeThe Bridges post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Centrefield post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1905Post officeThe Bridges post office closes
  8. 1917In the archive"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field
  9. 1917On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1978Post officeThe East Monroe post office closes
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
Today10 recent
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…Map of Highland County Ohio Highlighting Fairfield Township2015Map of Highland County Ohio Highlighting Fairfield To…MapRattlesnakeCreek22013RattlesnakeCreek2RattlesnakeCreek12013RattlesnakeCreek1Rattlesnake Creek (ohio) Sign2013Rattlesnake Creek (ohio) SignRattlesnake Creek (Ohio)2013Rattlesnake Creek (Ohio)
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
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.

See all →
Milton CaniffAmerican cartoonist · b. 1907
James BushAmerican actor · b. 1907
John E. HullUnited States Army general · b. 1895
Mike CareyAmerican politician · b. 1971
Bob McEwenAmerican politician · b. 1950
Carey A. TrimbleAmerican politician · b. 1813
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Madison Township3 historic placesAPenn Township1 historic placeB+Paint Township1 historic placeB−Green TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fairfield Township’s history

How does Fairfield Township rank for history?

Fairfield Township is more historic than 46% of U.S. towns, #705 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.

How old are the homes in Fairfield Township?

21% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.7 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1984.

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 (6), 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.