County

Somerset County (set off from Lincoln County to Kennebec County in 1799, to Somerset County in 1809)

 Incorporated

1788 from Fairfield Plantation

 Boundary Changes

Land set off to Norridgewock in 1834 and 1841, to Bloomfield (later annexed to Skowhegan) in 1858

An island was annexed from Benton in 1873

 Villages, Locations and Settlements

Fairfield (formerly Kendall's Mills), Fairfield Center, Fairfield Corners (former post office), Good Will Farm (former railroad station), Hinckley (formerly East Fairfield), Holway Corner, Larone (formerly Winslow's Mills), North Fairfield (formerly Blacknell's Mills), Nyes Corner, Otis Hill (former railroad station), Shawmut (formerly Somerset Mills), Toulouse Corner

 Adjacent Towns and Townships

Benton, Clinton, Norridgewock, Oakland, Skowhegan, Smithfield, Waterville

 Maps

Historical USGS Maps of Fairfield, Maine

Maps of Skowhegan and Fairfield, 1885

Fairfield, Somerset Co. (1894)

 Military Records

World War I Soldiers Index: Fairfield

Fairfield Civil War Soldiers

 Miscellaneous Resources

Fairfield Taxpayers, 1793

 General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Fairfield, Somerset, Maine

Official Website: Town of Fairfield

Fairfield Historical Society

Maine Memory Network: Fairfield

Maine Memory Network: Hinckley

 Bibliography

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______, Leading business men of Lewiston, Augusta and vicinity: embracing also, Auburn, Gardiner, Waterville, Oakland, Dexter, Fairfield, Skowhegan, Hallowell, Richmond, Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Canton, Buckfield, Mechanic Falls, South Paris, Norway, Farmington and Winthrop with an historical sketch of each place, illustrated (Boston: Mercantile Pub. Co., 1889, c1888)

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Mitchell, H. E., The Town Register: Clinton, Benton and Fairfield, 1909 (Augusta, Me.: Mitchell Pub. Co., 1909)

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