Fairfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 473,[3] down from 537 at 2010.[4]
Fairfield Township | |
|---|---|
 Old Franklin United Brethren Church, a historic site in the township | |
 Location of Fairfield Township in Franklin County | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′17″N 84°58′20″W / 39.50472°N 84.97222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Franklin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.79 sq mi (40.9 km2) |
| • Land | 13.31 sq mi (34.5 km2) |
| • Water | 2.49 sq mi (6.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 981 ft (299 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 473 |
| • Density | 30/sq mi (12/km2) |
| FIPS code | 18-22306[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453285 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 674 | — | |
| 1900 | 601 | −10.8% | |
| 1910 | 553 | −8.0% | |
| 1920 | 519 | −6.1% | |
| 1930 | 508 | −2.1% | |
| 1940 | 525 | 3.3% | |
| 1950 | 558 | 6.3% | |
| 1960 | 569 | 2.0% | |
| 1970 | 139 | −75.6% | |
| 1980 | 236 | 69.8% | |
| 1990 | 276 | 16.9% | |
| 2000 | 473 | 71.4% | |
| 2010 | 537 | 13.5% | |
| 2020 | 473 | −11.9% | |
| Source: US Decennial Census[5] | |||
Geography
editAccording to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 15.79 square miles (40.9 km2), of which 13.31 square miles (34.5 km2) (or 84.29%) is land and 2.49 square miles (6.4 km2) (or 15.77%) is water.[4]
History
editFairfield Township was established in 1821.[6] Fairfield is a descriptive name referring to the beauty of the countryside.[7]
The Old Franklin United Brethren Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[8]
Unincorporated towns
editThe original town was founded in 1815. It was incorporated as a town in 1876.[9] The village, on the East Fork of the Whitewater River, was known for its buggy-making operations in the late 1800s.
Notable natives included author James Maurice Thompson, who wrote "Alice of Old Vincennes." Women's suffrage pioneer Ida Husted Harper was born in Fairfield.
The town was inundated by a federal reservoir project in the late 1960s.
New Fairfield was founded in the early 1970s after construction began on a federal reservoir project in the valley of the East Fork of the Whitewater River.
The town exists on land once owned by Carl Huber and Herschel Klein.
It contains no commerce or government agencies.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
edit- Harmony Township, Union County (north)
- Union Township, Union County (northeast)
- Bath Township (east)
- Brookville Township (south)
- Blooming Grove Township (west)
Major highways
editEducation
editFairfield Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Franklin County Public Library District in Brookville.[10]
Notable people
edit- Samuel Sidney Harrell (1838-1903), member of the Franklin County bar, served as prosecuting attorney, clerk of the circuit court of his county, spent several years in the Indiana Legislature
References
edit- "Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
- ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 156.
- ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 160.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 161.
- ^ "Policies". Franklin County Public Library District. Retrieved March 7, 2018.