Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #876 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Fairfield Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1907 on, and the census since 1980.
Fairfield Township dates its founding to 1806 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1980.
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairfield Township is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #876 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfield Township’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairfield Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
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.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archive"Making ready", U.S. Aviation FieldFrom Wikipedia’s history of Fairfield Township.
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.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2016A full-sized model Amish horse and buggy above superm…
2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…
2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…
2016This is neither a zoo nor a water park, but it's Jung…
2016Even the grocery aisles have personality at Jungle Ji…
2016East Fairfield Ohio United Methodist Church
2015Map of Columbiana County Ohio Highlighting Fairfield …Map
2009Nicholas Eckis House
2009Cemetery at East
2007Fairfield Township Columbiana County highway
2007Fair Fields of Columbiana CountyNo then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
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 · +15Between 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.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1806, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1980 counted 8,996 people here.
Fairfield Township is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #876 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.
0.0% of Fairfield Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 2004.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), the Library of Congress (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
