Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Green Township, Fayette County
  Green Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 499 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Concord Township - north...
  
   - north
• Perry Township, Fayette County
  Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 945 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,922 people in the township, 2,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Paint Township
  Paint Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,112 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Penn Township
  Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Penn Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Green Township, Clinton County
  Green Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,602 people in the township, 1,308 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,007 in 1990.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Wayne Township, Clinton County
  Wayne Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 737 people in the township, up from 681 in 1990; only Wilson Township has a lower population.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Fairfield Township: Highland

Highland, Ohio

Highland is a village in Highland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 283 at the 2000 census.James G. Polk, a Democratic Party politician, is buried here.-Geography:Highland is located at ....

 in the west, and Leesburg

Leesburg, Ohio

Leesburg is a village in Highland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,253 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Leesburg is located at ....

in the center.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.