Fairfield (Vermont)

Franklin County

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Fairfield is a town in the state of Vermont in the United States. It is surrounded by the Green Mountains, about 30 miles from the Canadian border.

The town was founded in 1763 by Benning Wentworth as part of the colonization by the British and released for land acquisition. On the same day Hungerford, today's Sheldon and another place Smithfield were founded. Smithfield but was divided in the same year between Fairfield and Bakersfield. The village was named after the town in Connecticut from which came some of the settlers.

In the first census in 1791 there were 125 inhabitants in Fairfield; to 1850 the number rose to 2,500. The census of 2010 recorded a population of 1,891. The community has two major population centers, Fairfield East and Fairfield, but the other areas of the county of colonized widely scattered through farms. Main sources of income of the population are traditional agriculture - Fairfield is considered an important agricultural center of northeastern Vermont - and forestry. Tourism is almost unknown in this region.

The public life of the town is defined by the two Roman Catholic churches and the community of the United Church of Christ. Furthermore, can be found in a Fairfield elementary and middle school and a library.

Nearby Cities Sheldon are in the north ( 9 km air- line), Bakersfield in the east (12 km ), St. Albans to the west (11 km ) and Fairfax in the south ( 17 km, with no direct road link ). Twenty kilometers south-east also lies the city of Jeffersonville in neighboring Lamoille County.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bradley Barlow (1816-1889), politician and MP in the House of Representatives
• Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), 21st President of the United States