Welcome to Fairmount ...

So far, we found very little information about Fairmount. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fairmount to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Fairmount - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Fairmount, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Fairmount , we believe that it would have been located within present day Citrus County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fairmount, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

When the people of Fairmount referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Fairmounter<3>

Time Zone: The area where Fairmount was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Fairmount once stood is in the (352) area code.

Communities Also Named Fairmount ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 45 communities that are also named Fairmount - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Missouri (2), New Jersey (3), New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairmount.

Adding Fairmount to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fairmount was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Fairmount post office opened in 1885.

We also found Fairmount in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fairmount.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Citrus County: www.bocc.citrus.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fairmount, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Citrus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Fairmount refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Fairmount may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/