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we pass this GPS location for Fairmount:
37.286248, -79.924760
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We found 42 communities that share the name Fairmount.
Within Virginia, the name Fairmount is unique.
Beyond Virginia, 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 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the west.
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 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the west southwest.
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 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the northeast.
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 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
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 .
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 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
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 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
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 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
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 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
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 231 miles [371.8 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fairmount.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
This Fairmount is located in Suffolk County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk 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 .
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 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
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 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
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 365 miles [587.4 km] to the northeast.
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 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
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 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
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 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
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 281 miles [452.2 km] to the west northwest.
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 .
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 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
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 315 miles [506.9 km] to the northeast.
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 399 miles [642.1 km] to the northeast.
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 209 miles [336.4 km] to the north.
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 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 133 miles [214 km] to the west southwest.
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 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
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 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County 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.
Bluestone (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluestone 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:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fairmount to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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: 37.2862, Longitude: -79.9248 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 . 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 309.662 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.215 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.49 degrees.