Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana

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Fairfield Township
Township
Old Franklin United Brethren Church.jpg
Old Franklin United Brethren Church, a historic site in the township
Map highlighting Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.svg
Location of Fairfield Township in Franklin County
Coordinates: 39°30′17″N84°58′20″W / 39.50472°N 84.97222°W / 39.50472; -84.97222
Country United States
State Indiana
County Franklin
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
40.9 km2 (15.79 sq mi)
 • Land34.5 km2 (13.31 sq mi)
 • Water6.4 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
299 m (981 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
473
 • Density13.7/km2 (35.5/sq mi)
FIPS code 18-22306 [2]
GNIS feature ID453285

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]

Contents

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 674—
1900 601−10.8%
1910 553−8.0%
1920 519−6.1%
1930 508−2.1%
1940 5253.3%
1950 5586.3%
1960 5692.0%
1970 139−75.6%
1980 23669.8%
1990 27616.9%
2000 47371.4%
2010 53713.5%
2020 473−11.9%
Source: US Decennial Census [5]

Geography

According 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

Fairfield 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

The 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

Major highways

Education

Fairfield Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Franklin County Public Library District in Brookville. [10]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  6. ↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp.  156.
  7. ↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp.  160.
  8. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ↑ Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp.  161.
  10. ↑ "Policies". Franklin County Public Library District. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
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