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Welcome to Fairfield ...

So far, we found very little information about Fairfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fairfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fairfield, please Contact Us.


Fairfield would have been located within present day Benton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fairfield is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Fairfield was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Fairfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, 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.

  • Warsaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Osceola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lowry City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Hermitage
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Weaubleau
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheatland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Preston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cross Timbers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Timbers is located in Hickory County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Timbers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
  • Climax Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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. See our Newspapers 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 (so far) for Fairfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fairfield post office opened in 1838. The Fairfield post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairfield.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/