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Fairfield County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- December 9, 1800
- Named after
- the Fairfield area of Lancaster, Lancashire , UK
- Seat
- Lancaster
- Largest city
- Lancaster
- Total
- 509 sq mi (1,320 km )
- Land
- 504 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 4.2 sq mi (11 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 169,752
- Density
- 310/sq mi (120/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .co .fairfield .oh .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Capital
- Lancaster
- Population
- 158921
- Area
- 1317
- Shares border with
- Perry County
- Official website
- www.co.fairfield.oh.us
- Image
- Fairfield County (Ohio) Courhouse.jpg
- Households
- 57071
- Licence plate code
- 23
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- Commons category
- Fairfield County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Fairfield County, Ohio
- inception
- 1800-12-09
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Fairfield County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fairfield County, Ohio
- different from
- Fairfield County
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Fairfield County
- social media followers
- 1172
- topic has template
- Template:Fairfield County, Ohio
- per capita income
- 33283
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Encyclopedic overview
Fairfield County is located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,921. Its county seat and largest city is Lancaster. Its name is a reference to the Fairfield area of the original Lancaster. Fairfield County is part of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fairfield County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.