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 [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)

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