Fairfield was a small village in northern Franklin County, Indiana, but it is a town that really no longer exists. In the 1960's the Corps of Engineers built Brookville Lake. Fairfield was the only town in the Whitewater River Valley, so the town was inundated. There were attempts to move the town, but most folks just moved elsewhere. All of the cemeteries were moved to one location east of the former town site.

For nearly 20 years I have attempted to collect photos of Fairfield, but Fairfield items are SCARCE! If you have any items to share here, I will be glad to add them.

Above is a 1960's aerial view of Fairfield. Old Brier Cemetery can be seen on the right and part of a covered bridge is at the very bottom of the picture.

Here is another aerial view, probably from the 1960's.

Above is a beautiful fall view of Fairfield from an early 1960's postcard

	This 1960's era postcard tells that the Fairfield Bridge was built in 1866 over the Whitewater River's east fork at Fairfield. This post card was sold in the late 60's to commerate its destruction as Brookville Lake was about to be built.
	This postcard photo of Fairfield Bridge tells that the bridge was 300 feet long and 15 1/2 feet wide.
	Fairfield Methodist Church just before the lake.
Main Street, Fairfield, just before the lake was built.	Pre-1900 Main Street scene by Barbara Irwin for my Irwin book.

Here is a 1908 Fairfield street scene. Click on the photo to see a larger view of it.

Follow these links to see some Fairfield families and some photos that were taken at Fairfield:

If you are researching Franklin County, be sure to visit the county GenWeb page.

Also, don't overlook information that might be in the GenWeb page for neighboring Union County.

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