Fairchilds is a village in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 864 at the 2020 census. The center of Fairchilds is located 4 miles northeast of Needville at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 361 and Needville-Fairchilds Road. The Fairchild Farmer Co-op Gin and a few other bus…Fairchilds is a village in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 864 at the 2020 census. The center of Fairchilds is located 4 miles northeast of Needville at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 361 and Needville-Fairchilds Road. The Fairchild Farmer Co-op Gin and a few other businesses can be found near the intersection. Established in 1890 by three men of German descent, the community is named after a man who settled there around 1840.