Fairmount is an
unincorporated community in
Jasper County
Jasper County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. All are named in honor of Sergeant William Jasper, a hero of the Revolutionary War. Five counties share a boundary with a Newton County, named for John Newton
John ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Iowa. Fairmount lies along the junction of
Iowa Highway 163 and West 70th Street South.
The community has also been known as Fairmont.
History
In 1878, Fairmount was described as a "town
..beautifully situated on the level plateau of prairie separating the
Des Moines
Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...
and
Skunk
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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
Keokuk and Des Moines Railway Keokuk may refer to:
*Keokuk (Sauk chief)
Entities named after Chief Keokuk:
Places:
*Keokuk, Iowa, USA
*Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
*Keokuk Airport, USA
* Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge, USA
*Keokuk Rail Bridge, USA
*Keokuk Avenue, a street in Chatsworth, ...
.
The Fairmount post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1918.
The population of Fairmount was 50 in 1887, and was 108 in 1902. The population was 31 in 1917, and 45 in 1925.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa