A history of Fairmount,
since 1897
Postcards, papers and photographs of Fairmount from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Fairmount has been in operation since 1850. The city was named after Fairmont, West Virginia.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Fairmount’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDetail of rivet connection - Gord…, 1968: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fairmount, decade by decade
CommonsDetail of rivet connection - Gordon County Road 220 Bridge,…1968
CommonsEast elevation - Gordon County Road 220 Bridge, Spanning Pi…1968
CommonsGeorgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Salacoa C…1968
CommonsGeorgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Salacoa C…1968
CommonsGeorgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Salacoa C…1968
CommonsGeorgia DOT Bridge No. 129-00228-00505E, Spanning Salacoa C…19681990s
Nothing in Fairmount is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairmount has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Corra White Harris House, Study, and Chapel in Fairmount, 5.7 miles away.
Fairmount and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Detail of rivet connection - Gordon County Road 220 Bridge, Spanning Pine Log Creek on County Road 220 (1968) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.