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]
Walworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,478. Its county seat is Elkhorn. The county was created in 1836 from Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1839. It is named for Reuben H. Walworth. Walworth County comprises the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area. Lake Geneva, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Alpine Valley Resort, and Music Theatre are located in Walworth County.
Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 163,687. Its county seat is Janesville. Rock County comprises the Janesville-Beloit, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area.
Walworth is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States named after Reuben Walworth, a state official. The population was 9,449 at the 2010 census.
Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Most of the city's population is in Jefferson County. Division Street, several blocks north of downtown, marks the county line. The population of Watertown was 22,926 at the 2020 census. Of this, 14,674 were in Jefferson County, and 8,252 were in Dodge County. Watertown is the largest city in the Watertown-Fort Atkinson micropolitan area, which also includes Johnson Creek and Jefferson.
Bradford is a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,007 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Avalon and Emerald Grove are located within the town. The unincorporated community of Fairfield is also located partially in the town. The town was named by William C. Chase, one of the original settlers, for his birthplace on Orange County, Vermont.
Elkhorn is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Milwaukee. As of the 2020 census, it was home to 10,247 people, up from 10,084 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat.
Genoa City is a village located in Kenosha and Walworth counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, 43 mi (69 km) south-southwest of Milwaukee, located on the Illinois–Wisconsin border. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. It was named after Genoa, New York, which was named after Genoa in Italy.
Mukwonago is a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 8,262 at the 2020 census. The village is located mostly within the Town of Mukwonago in Waukesha County, with a small portion extending into the Town of East Troy in Walworth County. Of its population, 8,040 are in Waukesha County and 222 are in Walworth County.
Janesville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. It is the county seat and largest city in the county. It is a principal municipality of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison–Janesville–Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,615.
Walworth is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,759 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Walworth.
Springfield is a census-designated place in the town of Lyons, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 168. Located just northeast of Lake Geneva, it contains a mere eight streets. Springfield has an area of 0.673 square miles (1.74 km2), all of it land.
Allen's Grove is an unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located approximately two miles west of Darien, in the Towns of Darien and Sharon, at 42°34′49″N88°45′45″W.
Walsh is an unincorporated community located in the town of Porterfield, in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
Troy is an unincorporated community located in the town of Troy, in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Troy is 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of East Troy.
Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois. It was named a CDP prior to the 2020 census which showed a population of 65. It is located in Chemung Township. Big Foot Prairie is located on U.S. Route 14, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Harvard. The community originally extended into Walworth County, Wisconsin, where there is a neighborhood of the same name in the Town of Walworth.
Lauderdale is an unincorporated community located in the town of La Grange, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is named for James Lauderdale, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1853 and 1856. A post office was established in Lauderdale in April, 1881 by its first postmaster, Chester B. Williams.
Spring Prairie is an unincorporated community located in the town of Spring Prairie, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. Spring Prairie is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 11 and Wisconsin Highway 120 7.25 miles (11.67 km) east of Elkhorn.
Joseph W. Seaver was an American farmer from Darien, Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term (1853) as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Walworth County.
Denoon, DeNoon or De Noon was a village established by James DeNoon Reymert in 1852, straddling the county line between Waukesha County, Wisconsin, and Racine counties, 15 miles southeast of Waukesha, in range 20 E. of the towns of Muskego and Norway, on the shore of Lake Denoon. It was on the plank road between Milwaukee and Rochester, which Reymert is generally credited with getting built.
Timothy Hopkins Fellows was an American farmer from Bloomfield, Wisconsin who served on the board of supervisors of Bloomfield and also served two one-year terms (1852–1853) as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Walworth County.
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