The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Fairmount.
A post office called Fairmount has been in operation since 1850. The city was named after Fairmont, West Virginia.
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History · Fairmount
Fairmount’s post office opened in 1850
Most of Fairmount was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: 7 old photos and papers, maps from 1947 on, and the census since 1880.
1850first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
7old photos & papers
Quick answers
How Fairmount began
When was Fairmount founded?
1850
The Fairmount post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1897.
First census: 92 in 18802020 census: 772176 years
Founding year: the first Fairmount post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1897.The full story ↓
Timeline
Fairmount, 1850 to 1968
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
Fairmount, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1960s7 items
1968Detail of rivet connection - Gordon County Road 220 B…
1968East elevation - Gordon County Road 220 Bridge, Spann…
1968Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Sal…
1968Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Sal…
1968Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Sal…
1968Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Sal…
1968Georgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Sal…1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2005On the map
Fairmount on the map, 1947 to 1972
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fairmount. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Waleska sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fairmount.
Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewDetail of rivet connection - Gordon County Road 220 Bridge, Spanning Pine Log Creek on County Road 220, 1968
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Fairmount’s page.
Retake this view · +15People over time
Fairmount, census by census
Between 92 and 842 people in every census since 1880.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fairmount’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Fairmount itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Places now gone
Fairmount’s post office has been open since 1850.
Gone or out of use
Edward Lacy Milllocale
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Finish Fairmount’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Questions about Fairmount’s history
What year was Fairmount founded?
The Fairmount post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1897.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.