Annotations
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)
Demographic
Total Population 1850
195
Total Population 1860
508
Geographic
Latitude
38.380632
Longitude
-88.372524
Type
City or Town
County
Wayne
State
Illinois