Fairfield, Covington County, Alabama

Fairfield, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°15′07″N 86°38′44″W / 31.25194°N 86.64556°W / 31.25194; -86.64556Coordinates: 31°15′07″N 86°38′44″W / 31.25194°N 86.64556°W / 31.25194; -86.64556
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Covington
Elevation	190 ft (60 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	334
GNIS feature ID	118112^[1]

Fairfield is an unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community was likely named as a geographic descriptor.^[2] A post office operated under the name Fairfield from 1872 to 1903.^[3]

↑ "Fairfield". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
↑ "Covington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Covington County, Alabama, United States

County seat: Andalusia

Cities	Andalusia Opp

Towns	Babbie Carolina Florala Gantt Heath Horn Hill Libertyville Lockhart Onycha Red Level River Falls Sanford

Unincorporated community	Antioch Beck Beda Brooks Chapel Hill Estothel Fairfield Falco Green Bay Huckaville Loango McRae Opine Rome Rose Hill South Straughn Wiggins Wing

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