Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1940.
The North Fairfield post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 North Fairfield’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Fairfield. 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 North Fairfield.
From Wikipedia’s history of North Fairfield.
A post office called North Fairfield has been in operation since 1828. The village derives its name from Fairfield Township.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention North Fairfield, cut from the printed page as they were published.
It is probable that Jonas Leonard, a native of Connecticut, who had settled in Bronson, taught the first school in Fairfield, about 1824. Тһе school house was in the northwest quarter, or third section. Тһе township is now well provided with district schools, and the union schools of North Fairfield afford higher instruction to those who desire it. The first church in the township was the Methodist Episcopal, in 1822, with a class of less than a dozen members, but owing to the untiring exertions of those few a strong membership soon developed and in time a church edifice was
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
North Fairfield village contains four of the five churches which have come into existence in the township, and most of the manufactories. The first tavern was built about 1835, and is still standing, a part of the Fairfield house. The first landlord was Otis Thornton.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Between 406 and 573 people in every census since 1940.
9 censuses, 1940–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on North Fairfield’s Wikipedia page.
North Fairfield’s post office has been open since 1828.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The North Fairfield post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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