Fairfield dates to 1855, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940
Its Register listings are the Stagecoach Inn, the Camp Floyd Site and the Fairfield District School.
How Fairfield began
When was Fairfield founded?
Fairfield dates its founding to 1855 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1858.
3 historic places in Fairfield
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Architectural styles listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people close to Fairfield
Nobody well known was born in Fairfield itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds
Fairfield had its own post office from 1864 to 1919. Another post office, Camp Floyd, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Fairfield’s history
What year was Fairfield founded?
In 1855, according to Wikidata. Fairfield’s post office opened in 1858.
What is on the National Register in Fairfield?
Three places: the Stagecoach Inn (listed 1971), the Camp Floyd Site (1974) and the Fairfield District School (1987).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), 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.