Fairfield is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 584 at the 2010 census. Mulberry Mission was founded in Pope County, Arkansas Territory, among the Western Cherokees by Dr. Marcus Palmer It was a branch of Dwight Mission, which moved to Indian Territory and was renamed as the Fairfield Mission, …Fairfield is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 584 at the 2010 census. Mulberry Mission was founded in Pope County, Arkansas Territory, among the Western Cherokees by Dr. Marcus Palmer It was a branch of Dwight Mission, which moved to Indian Territory and was renamed as the Fairfield Mission, when most of the Cherokees were forced to move there from their former homes in the Southeast. In 1832, The mission established a lending library that contained about 150 books. Sited on Sallisaw Creek, about 8 miles southwest of Stilwell, Oklahoma, the mission closed in 1859. No structures remain in place. The mission cemetery still remains, and it has been renamed as McLemore Cemetery.
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