Fairmount, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°34′00″N 93°09′34″W / 41.56667°N 93.15944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Jasper |
Elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1999552 [1] |
Fairmount is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Fairmount lies along the junction of Iowa Highway 163 and West 70th Street South. [1] The community has also been known as Fairmont.
In 1878, Fairmount was described as a "town [...] beautifully situated on the level plateau of prairie separating the Des Moines and Skunk rivers. [...] There are fifteen or twenty buildings in Fairmount, and four or five business houses." [2] In addition, Fairmount had a Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1878, and a rail station on the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway. [2]
The Fairmount post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1918. [3]
The population of Fairmount was 50 in 1887, [4] and was 108 in 1902. [5] The population was 31 in 1917, [6] and 45 in 1925. [7]
Fairmount, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 41°34′00″N 93°09′34″W / 41.56667°N 93.15944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Jasper |
Elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 1999552 [1] |
Fairmount is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Fairmount lies along the junction of Iowa Highway 163 and West 70th Street South. [1] The community has also been known as Fairmont.
In 1878, Fairmount was described as a "town [...] beautifully situated on the level plateau of prairie separating the Des Moines and Skunk rivers. [...] There are fifteen or twenty buildings in Fairmount, and four or five business houses." [2] In addition, Fairmount had a Methodist Episcopal church, built in 1878, and a rail station on the Keokuk and Des Moines Railway. [2]
The Fairmount post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1918. [3]
The population of Fairmount was 50 in 1887, [4] and was 108 in 1902. [5] The population was 31 in 1917, [6] and 45 in 1925. [7]