Fairfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana


Fairfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 537.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

History

Fairfield Township was established in 1821. Fairfield is a descriptive name referring to the beauty of the countryside.
The Old Franklin United Brethren Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Unincorporated towns

The original town was founded in 1815. It was incorporated as a town in 1876. 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.

Adjacent townships

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

Notable people