Fairfield, Missouri

Fairfield, Missouri
FIPS code		29-23302[2]
GNIS feature ID	0717733[1]

Fairfield is a former unincorporated community in

. The Fairfield Public Use Area is on the shore near the location of the former community.

One of the earliest residents of Fairfield was Judge George T. Alexander, a pioneer in Missouri since 1816, who built the town's covered bridge,^[3] and operated its mill. He arrived in Fairfield in 1832 and purchased an Indian village for $60.^[4] He obtained a ferry license for the Pomme de Terre River at that spot in 1836 and was elected as a county judge. The township was named for Alexander.^[5]

Fairfield in 1962 still had the remains of the old mill and the pillars from the old covered bridge. Fairfield had a post office with the town bar in the same building, side by side. There also was an old country church on the north end of town and a bait shop in the center of town with a walkway to the banks of the river bank and the docks that provided john boat rentals. There was a small local country store with food, hardware and clothing, as well as a gasoline station with a repair garage.^{[citation needed]}

Famous people from Fairfield

• James M. Scott, Senior Olympian, inventor
• Judith Moriarty, former Missouri Secretary of State

Further reading

• The Missouri Kid by James M. Scott - a memoir about growing up in Fairfield,
  ISBN 978-1588201119
  (Oct 2000)

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