Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Fairfield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fairfield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Fairfield is located in Lenawee County.
To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Fairfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairfield:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Fairfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Jasper
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Sand Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Adrian
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ogden Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Seneca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Blissfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wellsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- North Morenci
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Canandaigua
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Canandaigua is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Prattville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- Locust Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Waldron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Lickly Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lickly Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickly Corners
- Pittsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Ransom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Shadyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Jerome
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Osseo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Brooklyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Clarklake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Napoleon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Fishville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Petersburg Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Lambertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Dundee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Federman ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Federman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Lulu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Diann
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Diann is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
- Liberty Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Liberty Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Samaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Samaria is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Azalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Azalia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sharon Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Rowes Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Saline
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Lyons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Metamora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Denson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Siney ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Siney is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Assumption
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Oakshade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Advance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Ai
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ai is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Inlet ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Inlet is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Henry County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Colton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Colton is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville Corners
- Napoleon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lucas County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Berkey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Sharples
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
- Sylvania
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wernerts Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wernerts Corners is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wernerts Corners
- Ottawa Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Whitehouse
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Air Line Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Maumee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Alvordton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Unity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Stryker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Holiday City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday City is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Wood County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Bates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bates is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Perrysburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rossford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arbor Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arbor Hills is located in Wood County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hills
- Haskins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairfield, see our County-by-County Page for Fairfield.
Cemeteries Near Fairfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairfield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fairfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Fairfield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hunt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hagaman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Reed Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Apple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Madison Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Weston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Weston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- County Poor House Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- Underwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Madison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fairfield had a population of 350 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairfield, with the one closest to Fairfield listed first.
- Jasper
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jasper is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Ogden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ogden is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Sand Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sand Creek is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Ogden Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Center
- Adrian
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- South Fairfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Fairfield is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fairfield
- Palmyra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Seneca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Lyons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Lenawee Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lenawee Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenawee Junction
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cadmus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cadmus is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
- North Morenci
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Morenci is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Morenci
- Metamora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfield.
Newspapers Published in Fairfield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairfield, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fairfield:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsdale County
- Jackson County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Fulton County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Williams County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fairfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |