Fairfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fairfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFairfield Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 120 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 155 to 120 (-23%). Half of its homes were built before 1953.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairfield yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Fairfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSteel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osag…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Fairfield
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Fairfield, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Fairfield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Isiah Mansur Farmstead Historic District in Prairie, 10.6 miles away.
Fairfield and the nearest listed places
Closest to Fairfield
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Steel Truss Bridge, Spanning Osage River on State Highway 7 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.