The story
Read it all →How Fountain came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Fountain.
The Robert J. Lang Jr. House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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History · Fountain
Fountain’s post office opened in 1902, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940
1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 152 buildings.
1902first post office
1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Fountain began
When was Fountain founded?
1902
The Fountain post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 385124 years
Founding year: the first Fountain post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Fountain’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · On the National Register
1 listing protects 152 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
152
each building in a district counts
first listed
2016
Fountain Historic District
Districts
All 1 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fountain’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Nobody well known was born in Fountain itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Martha HuntAmerican model · b. 1989
Places that used to be
Old corners and places now gone
Fountain’s post office has been open since 1902.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Reba
Gone or out of use
Fountain Quarrymine
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Fountain’s history
What year was Fountain founded?
The Fountain post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Fountain?
One place: the Fountain Historic District (listed 2016).
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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.