Fairfield is a city in, and the
county seat of,
Solano County, California, United States. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of
San Francisco and
Sacramento, approximately from the city center of both cities, approximately from the city center of
Oakland, less than from
Napa Valley, 16 miles from the
Carquinez Bridge, and 14 miles from the
Benicia Bridge. It is located in the North-eastern part of the
Bay Area. Fairfield was founded in 1856 by
clippership captain Robert H. Waterman, and named after his former hometown of
Fairfield, Connecticut.