Fairfield (community), Wisconsin

Fairfield, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Motto: Latitude and Longitude: Latitude: 42.6333469 Longitude: -88.7728836 - See more at: http://www.placekeeper.com/Wisconsin/Fairfield_Cemetery-2002803.html#sthash.blBl43pO.dpuf
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Coordinates: 42°37′59″N 88°46′35″W / 42.63306°N 88.77639°W / 42.63306; -88.77639Coordinates: 42°37′59″N 88°46′35″W / 42.63306°N 88.77639°W / 42.63306; -88.77639
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Walworth
Elevation	915 ft (279 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	262
GNIS feature ID	1564806^[1]

Fairfield is an unincorporated community located in the towns of Bradford in Rock County and Darien in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.^[1]

History

The earliest reference to Fairfield is a description from John W. Hunt's 1853 Wisconsin Gazetteer: "FAIRFIELD, P. O., (Maxson's Mtill), in town of Bradford, county of Rock, on section 13, town 2 N., of range 15 E. It is 11 miles southeast from county seat, and 50 miles east of south from Madison. Population 100, 12 dwellings, 2 stores, 1 grist mill, and Presbyterian and Baptist denominations. It is on Turtle Creek, 16 miles from Beloit, and on the county line between Rock and Walworth, 9 miles from the state line. The first settler was Joseph Maxson."

Fairfield also has a cemetery, Fairfield/Pioneer Cemetery, located on east side of County Highway C, Sec 1. It is an active cemetery with 72 burials.^[2]

Notes

Sources

Source: U.S. Geographic Names Information Server
Source: Hunt, John W. Wisconsin Gazetteer (Madison, 1853)

Municipalities and communities of Rock County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Janesville

Cities	Beloit Brodhead‡ Edgerton‡ Evansville Janesville Milton

Villages	Clinton Footville Orfordville

Towns	Avon Beloit Bradford Center Clinton Fulton Harmony Janesville Johnstown La Prairie Lima Magnolia Milton Newark Plymouth Porter Rock Spring Valley Turtle Union

CDP	Hanover

Unincorporated communities	Afton Anderson Avalon Avon Belcrest Bergen Cainville Center Charlie Bluff Cooksville Coopers Shores Crestview Emerald Grove Fairfield‡ Foxhollow Fulton Indianford Johnstown Johnstown Center Koshkonong‡ Leyden Lima Center Magnolia Maple Beach Newark Newville Porters Shopiere Stebbinsville Tiffany Union Victory Heights

Ghost towns	Fellows Jefferson Prairie Settlement

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Elkhorn

Cities	Burlington‡ Delavan Elkhorn Lake Geneva Whitewater‡

Villages	Bloomfield Darien East Troy Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Genoa City‡ Mukwonago‡ Sharon Walworth Williams Bay

Towns	Bloomfield Darien Delavan East Troy Geneva La Grange Lafayette Linn Lyons Richmond Sharon Spring Prairie Sugar Creek Troy Walworth Whitewater

CDPs	Como Delavan Lake Lake Ivanhoe Lake Lorraine Lauderdale Lakes Potter Lake Springfield Turtle Lake

Unincorporated communities	Abells Corners Adams Allen's Grove Bardwell Big Foot Prairie‡ Bowers East Delavan Fairfield‡ Heart Prairie Hilburn Honey Creek Honey Lake‡ Inlet La Grange Lake Beulah Lake Como Lake Lawn Lauderdale Lauderdale Shores Linton Little Prairie Lyons Millard North Bloomfield Richmond Spring Prairie Tibbets Troy Troy Center Voree Zenda

Ghost towns	Army Lake Mayhews

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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