Its Register listing is the Conner Toll House. Most of Fairmount was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1936 on.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fairmount is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fairmount’s overall grade.
Tennessee towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Tennessee town has 6.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Fairmount’s 4.7 sits near the middle of its state (47% of Tennessee towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.4 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Fairmount’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Fairmont, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Dowler HeightsLaurel CreekSpringvale
1cemetery inside Fairmount
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Fairmount, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairmount yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Fairmount is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2020 census, down from 2,825 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,825 to 2,193 (-22%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Fairmount, 1872 to 1936
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Fairmount is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Fairmount?
One place: the Conner Toll House (listed 1977).
How old are the homes in Fairmount?
5% of Fairmount’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.4 points), against a typical 4.9% for a Tennessee town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
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