jueves, 14 de agosto de 2014

Fairfield (community), Wisconsin

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, located on east side of road Cty C Sec 1.
Notes
Sources

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

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