History · Fairfield
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.
1old images & papers
5recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The township was organized in 1806. The first permanent settler was known to be Mathias Lower who emigrated from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1800.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1917"Making ready", U.S. Aviation FieldLOC
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view"Making ready", U.S. Aviation Fie…, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fairfield
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Fairfield, decade by decade
1910s1 item
1920s–
1990s
1990s
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.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as "Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.