Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Jefferson
- Incorporated
- May 14, 1875
- Total
- 6.77 sq mi (17.54 km )
- Land
- 6.61 sq mi (17.13 km )
- Water
- 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km )
- Elevation
- 774 ft (236 m)
- Density
- 1,423.7/sq mi (549.69/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 52556–52557
- Fips code
- 19-26445
- Website
- cityoffairfieldiowa .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fairfield
- Population
- 9416
- Area
- 16.627674
- Elevation
- 236
- Official website
- www.fairfieldiowa.com
- Image
- Fairfield, Iowa (14201278112).jpg
- Households
- 3750
- Dialing code
- 641
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- Commons category
- Fairfield, Iowa
- postal code
- 52557
- P8168
- Pommiers
- water as percent of area
- 2.4553
- per capita income
- 28672
- date of incorporation
- 1875-05-14
- inception
- 1839-00-00
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Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. It has a population of 9,416 people, according to the 2020 census. Fairfield is an international center for Transcendental Meditation, the home of Maharishi International University.
It became the county seat in 1839 with 110 residents and grew to 650 by 1847. Its library was established in 1853, and it held its first fair in 1854. Early architecture in Fairfield includes work by George Franklin Barber and Barry Byrne.
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