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Fairmount, Iowa

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The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa
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rivers. There are fifteen or twenty buildings in Fairmount, and four or five business houses." In addition, Fairmount had a Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1878, and a rail station on the
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In 1878, Fairmount was described as a "town beautifully situated on the level plateau of prairie separating the
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The population of Fairmount was 50 in 1887, and was 108 in 1902. The population was 31 in 1917, and 45 in 1925.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairmount, Iowa
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and West 70th Street South. The community has also been known as Fairmont.
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Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases
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The Fairmount post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1918.
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Unincorporated community
Fairmount, Iowa is located in Iowa
41°34′00″N 93°09′34″W / 41.56667°N 93.15944°W / 41.56667; -93.15944
Country
State
Iowa
County
Jasper
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
GNIS
unincorporated community
Jasper County
U.S. state
Iowa
Iowa Highway 163
Des Moines
Skunk
Keokuk and Des Moines Railway


U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairmount, Iowa


The History of Jasper County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c: A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ...
"GNIS Detail - Fairmount Post Office (historical)"
Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States

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