Fairmount (Indiana)

Grant County

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Fairmount is a town in Grant County, Indiana, about 90 km northeast of Indianapolis. The town has about 3,000 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​approximately 3.8 square kilometers.

In Fairmount were settled in the 1830s, especially Quakers from North Carolina. The place is named after the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, which in 1870 was officially recognized.

Gained fame Fairmount by the U.S. actor James Dean, who spent part of his childhood there and was buried in the Park Cemetery. Also grew up in Fairmount is the cartoonist Jim Davis, from his penned the cartoon character Garfield.

  • Place in Indiana
  • Place in North America
  • Grant County ( Indiana)
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