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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.
Another variation: Fair Mount.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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 Philadelphia County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Philadelphia County : Burlington (NJ) , Camden (NJ) , Gloucester (NJ) , Bucks , Delaware & Montgomery .
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:
Philadelphia County (The home county of Fairmount)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
University City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
University City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City Philadelphia (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Southwest Center City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Southwest Center City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Center City Old City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Old City is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City Germantown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Wayne Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Queen Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village Bartram Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Port Richmond (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Port Richmond is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Richmond Lindley Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lindley Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindley Station Logan Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Logan Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Station Manayunk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Allen Lane (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Allegheny County
Overbrook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Chestnut Wood Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
County Line (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
County Line is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Warminster Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Warminster Heights is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Heights Johnsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Johnsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville Warminster Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Warminster Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster Village Casey Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Casey Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village Croydon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ivyland (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Churchville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Churchville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville Hartsville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hartsville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville Hulmeville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Neshaminy is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshaminy Newportville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Newportville is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newportville Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Strafford (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Strafford is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Berwyn (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Devon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Leopard (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Leopard is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Whitehorse (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Whitehorse is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse Chesterbrook (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Paoli (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Valley Forge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Duffryn Mawr (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Duffryn Mawr is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffryn Mawr Green Lane Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Green Lane Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lane Village Green Tree (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Green Tree is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree Lees (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lees is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees General Warren Village (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Millbourne (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Millbourne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbourne Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
East Lansdowne (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
East Lansdowne is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansdowne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
Yeadon (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Burmont (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Burmont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burmont Colwyn (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Colwyn is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwyn Population from the 2020 Census: 2,551 people
Darby (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Lansdowne (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Upper Darby (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Aldan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Aldan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldan Population from the 2020 Census: 4,149 people
Clifton Heights (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Collingdale (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Addingham (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Addingham is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addingham Drexel Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Indiana County
Ernest (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Bala - Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Bala - Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala - Cynwyd Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Narberth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
West Manayunk (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
West Manayunk is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manayunk Penn Wynne (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Penn Wynne is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Wynne Ardmore (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Elkins Park (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Wyndmoor (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Ashmead Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Ashmead Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmead Village Cheltenham (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Bryn Mawr (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Flourtown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Rockledge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Analine Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village White Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Carpenter (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Claymont Village (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Claymont Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claymont Village Claymont (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Arden (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardencroft (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ardentown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Holly Oak (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Windy Bush (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush Bellefonte (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Bellefonte is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
Atlantic County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Collings Lakes (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes Hammonton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hammonton is located in Atlantic County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,902 people
Burlington County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Riverton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Cinnaminson (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson Maple Shade (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Maple Shade is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade Ramblewood (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Ramblewood is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood Riverside (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Riverside is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Greentree Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Greentree Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village Marlton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Marlton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton Heritage Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Heritage Village is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village Beverly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Beverly is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
Willingboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Willingboro is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willingboro Hainesport (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Hainesport is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hainesport Burlington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Burlington is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington Population from the 2020 Census: 9,840 people
Oakwood Lakes (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Oakwood Lakes is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Lakes Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Ablett Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Camden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Morgan Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Wood - Lynne (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Delair (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Pennsauken (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Gloucester City (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Brooklawn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Cherry Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Cherry Hill is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Colwick (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Colwick is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colwick Golden Triangle (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Golden Triangle is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle Westmont (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Westmont is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmont Cherry Hill Mall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Cherry Hill Mall is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Mall Cumberland County (NJ)
Pleasantville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Pleasantville is located in Cumberland County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Red Bank (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank North Woodbury (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Thorofare (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Woodbury (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Parkville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville Westcotville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Westcotville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westcotville Cooper Village (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Cooper Village is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Village Oak Valley (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Almonesson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Almonesson is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almonesson Gibbstown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Mantua (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Mickleton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Wenonah (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Wenonah is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenonah Hunterdon County (NJ)
Lambertville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Lambertville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambertville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
Mercer County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Somerset (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset West Trenton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
West Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Trenton Ewing (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ewing is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Parkway Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Parkway Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village Titusville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Titusville is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville Trenton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Trenton is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Population from the 2020 Census: 82,957 people
Bear Tavern (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern White Horse (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
White Horse is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Eldridge Park (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Eldridge Park is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Park Warner Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Warner Village is located in Mercer County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Village Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Auburn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Whig Lane (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Whig Lane is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Lane Carneys Point (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Portertown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Portertown is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portertown Riddleton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Riddleton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddleton Shirley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Shirley is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Aldine (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Aldine is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine Pennsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pennsville is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville Alloway (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Alloway is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway Olivet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Olivet is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet Acton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Acton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton Penton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Penton is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton Pointers (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Pointers is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointers
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.
Mt. Peace Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Mt. Peace Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Mt. Vernon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Laurel Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery The Laurel Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
Central Laurel Hill Cemetery North Laurel Hill Cemetery South Laurel Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45266 <2>
Woodlands Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Mikveh Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Christ Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Franklins Grave (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Palmer Burial Ground (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Fairhill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Old Cathedral Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
New Cathedral Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (385 more) ...
West Laurel Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Friends Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Fernwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Fairmount in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairmount.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairmount, with the one closest to Fairmount listed first.
Philadelphia (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Grays Ferry (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Grays Ferry is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ferry Schuylkill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Schuylkill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuylkill Kensington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Kensington is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington Tioga (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Tioga is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Pencoyd (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Pencoyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pencoyd Angora (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Angora is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angora Wissahickon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Wissahickon is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wissahickon Nicetown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Nicetown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicetown Wayne Junction (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Germantown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Cynwyd (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cynwyd is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynwyd Continue List (13 more) ...
Bala (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Fernwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Fernwood is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood Cardington (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Cardington is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardington
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 80 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 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Fairmount.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Philadelphia County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County Indiana County Montgomery County New Castle County Atlantic County Burlington County Camden County Cumberland County Gloucester County Hunterdon County Mercer County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairmount. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Philadelphia County: https://www.phila.gov/
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Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'.