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Welcome to Fairfield ...The city of Fairfield is located in Wayne County<1> and is the County Seat for Wayne County. The pronunciation of Fairfield: FAIR-feeld<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Fairfield has a population of 4,947 people<3> (see below for details). Fairfield is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Fairfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Fairfield (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Fairfield is located in the (618) area code. The ZIP code for Fairfield: 62837<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fairfield had an population of 4,947 people. This is a decrease of 4.02% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.74% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Fairfield had a population of 5,154 people (or 30.75% of the total population of Wayne County). This makes Fairfield the county's most populous community. The population of Fairfield represents 0.04% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 330th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,154 people, the population of Fairfield decreased 4.93% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,421 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Fairfield. Communities Also Named Fairfield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Fairfield: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Lake County. Beyond Illinois, there are 91 communities that are also named Fairfield - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (5), Idaho, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina (4), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (6), Texas (2), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (4), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairfield. Communities near Fairfield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fairfield.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fairfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairfield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfield. Our list includes 27 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fairfield. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairfield ...Looking for more information about Fairfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Fairfield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fairfield. Adding Fairfield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fairfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fairfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Fairfield in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairfield. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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