Fairfield is a suburban city located in both Butler and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Fairfield is located nearly 25 miles north of Cincinnati and is situated upon the east bank of the Great Miami River. The population was 42,623 as of the 2020 Census. Incorporated in 1955 from portions of Fairfield Township, it includes the former hamlets of Symmes Corner, Fair Play, Furmandale, and Stockton. The Fairfield City School District is one of the largest in Ohio and serves both the City of Fairfield and Fairfield Township.

Prior to European settlement the Fairfield Place was home to several Indian tribes, most prominently the Shawnee and the Miami. The archaic Hopewell and Adena peoples build up numerous earthworks as regards the city, though most were unwittingly removed by yet to be settlers in order to accommodate farm fields.

The Place that is now Fairfield was ration of the indigenous Symmes Purchase. Also known as the Miami Purchase, the region was acquired by Judge John Cleves Symmes from the Continental Congress in 1788 and included much of the estate between the Little Miami and Great Miami rivers that became the gift day counties of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren.

As the Place was contracted hamlets developed to assistance the surrounding countryside. Judge Symmes’ great-nephew, Celadon Symmes, was the founder and first settler of Symmes Corner. Located at the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and Nilles Road it now serves as Fairfield’s town center.
The hamlet of Fair Play was located upon the east bank of the Great Miami River. It was known for its mills, including Ohio’s first paper mill. The community was destroyed by a flood in the late 1800s. Today the Miami Chapel Cemetery and the Fair Play School are some of the few remaining vestiges of the village.