Fairfield, IL

FAIRFIELD, p-v., and capital of Wayne co., Ill, 145 8. E. Springfield, 751 W. Situated on the border of Hargrove's prairie. It has a handsome brick court house, 3 or 4 stores, and about 30 dwellings. Large quantities of castor oil are manufactured here. (Haskell's Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the the United States...,1840)

FAIRFIELD   A flourishing post village, capital of Wayne county, 120 miles south of east from St. Louis, and about 200 from Chicago. It contains a handsome court house and many other fine buildings. Population, 1,500. T. L. Cooper. Postmaster.  (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)