Fairfield (community), Wisconsin

For the town in Sauk County, see Fairfield, Wisconsin.

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Fairfield, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 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	279 m (915 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1564806

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

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.

Notes

Sources

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

v t e 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
CDPs	Fulton Hanover Shopiere
Other communities	Afton Avalon Avon Belcrest Bergen Cainville Center Charlie Bluff Cooksville Coopers Shores Crestview Emerald Grove Fairfield‡ Foxhollow Indianford Johnstown Center Koshkonong‡ Leyden Lima Center Magnolia Mallwood Maple Beach Newark Newville Porters Stebbinsville Tiffany Union Victory Heights
Former communities	Fellows Jefferson Prairie Settlement
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e 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	Allen's Grove Big Foot Prairie‡ Como Delavan Lake Lake Ivanhoe Lake Lorraine Lauderdale Lakes Lyons Potter Lake Springfield Turtle Lake
Other communities	Abells Corners Adams Bardwell Bowers East Delavan Fairfield‡ Heart Prairie Hilburn Honey Creek‡ Honey Lake‡ Inlet La Grange Lake Beulah Lake Como Lake Lawn Lauderdale Linton Little Prairie 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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