Welcome to Fairfield ...

The city of Fairfield is located in Solano County<1> and is the County Seat for Solano County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

The city was incorporated December 12, 1903.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Fairfield has a population of 117,468 people<2> (see below for details).

Fairfield is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Fairfield lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Fairfield is located in the (707) area code.

The ZIP codes for Fairfield: 94533-94535<4>

Websites for Fairfield ...

Official Website:   www.ci.fairfield.ca.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ffsc-chamber.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fairfield had an population of 117,468 people. This is an increase of 11.53% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 22.14% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Fairfield had a population of 105,321 people (which is 25.48% of the total population of Solano County). This makes Fairfield the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Fairfield represents 0.28% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 60th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 105,321 people, the population of Fairfield increased 9.51% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 96,178 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Fairfield.

Communities Also Named Fairfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 91 communities that are also named Fairfield - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), British Columbia (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (5), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (3), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York (2), North Carolina (4), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (6), Texas (2), Utah (2), Vermont, Virginia (4), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairfield.

Communities near Fairfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fairfield.

• Concord
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128,544 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <5>
• Vallejo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallejo
  • Vallejo is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 120,747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vallejo <5>
• Vacaville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vacaville
  • Vacaville is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vacaville <5>
• Napa
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
  • Napa is located in Napa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <5>
• Pittsburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
  • Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pittsburg <5>
• Martinez
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
  • Martinez is located in Contra Costa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,027 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinez <5>
• Benicia
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia
  • Benicia is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,988 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benicia <5>
• American Canyon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Canyon
  • American Canyon is located in Napa County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 20,554 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for American Canyon <5>
• Dixon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Dixon is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <5>
• Rio Vista
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Vista
  • Rio Vista is located in Solano County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,978 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Vista <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fairfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fairfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fairfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairfield. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fairfield.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fairfield ...

Looking for more information about Fairfield? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Fairfield, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fairfield.

Adding Fairfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fairfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fairfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fairfield post office opened in 1858.

We also found Fairfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fairfield: www.ci.fairfield.ca.us/

The official website for Solano County: www.co.solano.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/