Fairfield Township
Shiawassee County, Michigan

In 1884, the railroad went through and a small village was established by a man named Carland, when he was sent there by the railroad.

The village began as a station on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Railroad. A Post Office was opened on Dec. 3, 1884, with Ezra Lattimer as its first postmaster. The Post Office was kept in a home into the 1950's. Remaining today is a Methodist Church, a few homes and the grain elevator, owned by Gary Bendall.

The Hambleton Church was named for E.S. Hambleton and was built near the Methodist Church. The first township meeting was held at the home of Henry Stebbins on April 3, 1854. He was elected clerk. J.A. Borden was elected Supervisor and other officials were Henry Higgins, treasurer; Lewis Lockwood, Uri Squires and G.B. Munson, highway commissioners; Alfred Veltman, Munson and A.S. Braley, justices of the peace; John A. Meyers, James Hill and J.E. Rouse, constables; Squires, John A. Borden and Veltman, school inspectors.

Early settlers were: Ephraim F. Bennett, George Munson, Itheial Munson, Moses Leavitt, R.G. Van Deusen, Lewis Lockwood, Chester Fox and the Williams and Duham families.

Olney, now a ghost town, was located on N. Warren Rd. near the county line and named after J. Olney. Albert St.Clair became the first postmaster on Dec. 7, 1883 and this office closed on June 30, 1902.