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we pass this GPS location for Fairmount:
42.251488, -71.114774
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We found 42 communities that share the name Fairmount.
Within Massachusetts, the name Fairmount is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 40 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Limestone County
This Fairmount is located in Limestone County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Fairmount.
Arkansas
Benton County
This Fairmount is located in Benton County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Fairmount.
Prairie County
This Fairmount is located in Prairie County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Fairmount.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Fairmount is located in New Haven County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Fairmount.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Fairmount is located in Sussex County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Fairmount.
Florida
Citrus County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Citrus County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Fairmount.
Georgia
Gordon County
This Fairmount is located in Gordon County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Fairmount.
Illinois
Massac County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fairmount [Massac County].
Vermilion County
This Fairmount is located in Vermilion County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Fairmount.
Indiana
Grant County
This Fairmount is located in Grant County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Fairmount.
Iowa
Jasper County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Fairmount [Jasper County].
Kansas
Leavenworth County
This Fairmount is located in Leavenworth County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leavenworth County community of Fairmount.
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Fairmount is located in Jefferson County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fairmount.
Louisiana
Grant Parish
This Fairmount is located in Grant Parish and lies 1,399 miles [2,251.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant Parish community of Fairmount.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Fairmount is located in Aroostook County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Fairmount.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Fairmount is located in Frederick County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Fairmount.
Somerset County
This Fairmount is located in Somerset County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fairmount.
Missouri
Henry County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Henry County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Fairmount.
Jackson County
This Fairmount is located in Jackson County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Fairmount.
New Jersey
Bergen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Fairmount [Bergen County].
Hunterdon County
This Fairmount is located in Hunterdon County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Fairmount.
Morris County
This Fairmount is located in Morris County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Fairmount.
New York
Onondaga County
This Fairmount is located in Onondaga County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Fairmount.
North Dakota
Richland County
This Fairmount is located in Richland County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Fairmount.
Nova Scotia
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Fairmount.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Fairmount is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Fairmount.
Hamilton County
This Fairmount is located in Hamilton County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Fairmount.
Miami County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Miami County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Fairmount.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Fairmount.
Oregon
Lane County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fairmount [Lane County].
Pennsylvania
Butler County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fairmount [Butler County].
Lancaster County
This Fairmount is located in Lancaster County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Fairmount.
Philadelphia County
This Fairmount is located in Philadelphia County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Fairmount.
Wayne County
This Fairmount is located in Wayne County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the west of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Fairmount.
Westmoreland County
This Fairmount is located in Westmoreland County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Fairmount.
Rhode Island
Providence County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Fairmount [Providence County].
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fairmount [Spartanburg County].
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Fairmount is located in Hamilton County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Fairmount.
Sullivan County
This Fairmount is located in Sullivan County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km] to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fairmount.
Texas
Sabine County
This Fairmount is located in Sabine County and lies 1,459 miles [2,348 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Fairmount.
Utah
Weber County
This Fairmount is located in Weber County and lies 2,082 miles [3,350.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Fairmount.
Virginia
Roanoke City
This Fairmount is located in Roanoke City and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairmount that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Fairmount.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairmount ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cedar Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fairmount to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairmount and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Fairmount to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,510 miles [8,867.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,093 miles [6,587 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairmount) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairmount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2515, Longitude: -71.1148 In this case, the coordinates for Fairmount have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Fairmount could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fairmount to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.025 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.608 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.651 degrees.