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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Fairmount (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fairmount. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Fairmount ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Fairmount has also been known as: Fairmont Village.

Other variations include: Fair Mount and Fairmont.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fairmount. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairmount.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Leavenworth County: Atchison, Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson, Wyandotte & Platte (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Fairmount. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairmount:

  • Leavenworth County     (The home county of Fairmount)
  • Atchison County
  • Douglas County
  • Jefferson County
  • Johnson County
  • Wyandotte County
  • Buchanan County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
    • Lewis and Clark Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
    • De Kalb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
    • Rushville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Faucett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Cass County (MO)
    • Loch Lloyd
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
      • Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
      • Loch Lloyd village
  • Clay County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
    • Barry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Barry is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
    • Linden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • North Kansas City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Oaks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oaks is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Oakview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oakview is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
    • Oakwood Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood Park is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Oakwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Gladstone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Nashua
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Acme
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Acme is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
    • Avondale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Avondale is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
    • Woodhill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Clinton County (MO)
    • Trimble
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Trimble is located in Clinton County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trimble <1>
  • Jackson County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
    • Kansas City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Leeds
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • New Santa Fe
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
    • Cement City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cement City is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
    • Maywood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Holmes Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Independence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • River Bend
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • River Bend is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
    • Martin City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Martin City is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
    • Raytown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Raytown is located in Jackson County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,816 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raytown <1>
    • Grandview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Platte County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
    • Waldron
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Waldron is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
    • Farley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Farley is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
    • Stillings
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • East Leavenworth
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parkville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Weatherby Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
    • West Platte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Weston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Weston is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,834 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <1>
    • Platte City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tracy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Platte Woods
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Platte Woods is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Ferrelview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ferrelview is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairmount, see our County-by-County Page for Fairmount.

Cemeteries Near Fairmount ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairmount.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fairmount - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairmount covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fairmount had a population of 168 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairmount. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairmount.

Newspapers Published in Fairmount ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 200 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairmount.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairmount, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairmount.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fairmount:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fairmount) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.