the original town of fayette was first settled by hiram fugate and hickerson burnham. each one gave 25 s of land for the location of the county seat. the town was surveyed and laid out in 1823 by judge alfred w. morrison. he later became the sheriff and county judge. the original town layout formed a rectangle, about three blocks wide and seven blocks long with a public "square" in the center. it was divided into 150 s, with numbering beginning at the southeast corner of the square.