Fairmount, Indiana
Fairmount, Indiana | ||
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Town | ||
Town of Fairmount | ||
FIPS code 18-22432[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2396931[2] | |
Website | http://www.fairmount-in.com/ |
Fairmount is a town in
History
The Fairmount area was settled in the 1830s mostly by
After a large deposit of natural gas was found in 1887, Fairmount became part of the
In the 1940s, James Dean lived with an aunt and uncle, Ortense and Marcus Winslow, on a farm north of Fairmount. He attended Fairmount High School, graduating in 1949. After his death in 1955, Dean was buried in Park Cemetery.[5] In 1996, a small Memorial Park north of the town's business district was dedicated in his memory with a bronze bust by Hollywood artist Kenneth Kendall.
During the prosperity of the 1960s, Fairmount enjoyed a time of building with a new town hall, water works, post office and elementary school. At the end of the decade the local school district merged with a neighboring one, forming the Madison-Grant united school district. A new high school was built for this district, and Fairmount High School became a middle school. When a new junior high school was opened in 1986, the Fairmount High School building was permanently closed.
The Baldwin Addition Historic District, Fairmount Commercial Historic District, and J.W. Patterson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Fairmount has a total area of 1.58 square miles (4.09 km2), all land.[7]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 337 | — | |
1880 | 563 | 67.1% | |
1890 | 1,462 | 159.7% | |
1900 | 3,205 | 119.2% | |
1910 | 2,506 | −21.8% | |
1920 | 2,155 | −14.0% | |
1930 | 2,056 | −4.6% | |
1940 | 2,382 | 15.9% | |
1950 | 2,646 | 11.1% | |
1960 | 3,080 | 16.4% | |
1970 | 3,427 | 11.3% | |
1980 | 3,286 | −4.1% | |
1990 | 3,130 | −4.7% | |
2000 | 2,992 | −4.4% | |
2010 | 2,954 | −1.3% | |
2020 | 2,682 | −9.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] |
2010 census
As of the census
There were 1,241 households, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.6% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.85.
The median age in the town was 40.3 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 28% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.
2000 census
As of the census
There were 1,226 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $33,843, and the median income for a family was $44,033. Males had a median income of $31,136 versus $23,041 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,029. About 7.4% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Madison-Grant United School Corporation operates public schools Fairmount is assigned to.[10]
Schools serving Fairmount:
- Park Elementary School (Fairmount)
- Madison-Grant Junior High School (unincorporated area)
- Madison-Grant High School (unincorporated area)
The town has a lending library, the Fairmount Public Library.[11]
Notable people
- Jim Davis, cartoonist, creator of the comic strip Garfield, was raised in Fairmount. Davis graduated from Fairmount High School in 1963.
- James Dean, actor, was raised in Fairmount. Dean graduated from Fairmount High School in 1949, and is buried in Park Cemetery in Fairmount.[12]
- David L. Payne, politician, considered the "Father of Oklahoma." Payne County, OK is named for him.
- Olive Rush, artist, painter, was a Quaker descended from one of the town's founders. She was noted as a founder of the art colony in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[13]
- Robert Sheets, former director of the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Sheets is a 1955 graduate of Fairmount High School and attended Ball State University in nearby Muncie.
- Mary Jane Ward, author of several books including The Snake Pit, a Book of the Month Club selection which became a motion picture starring Olivia de Havilland.
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairmount, Indiana
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-7385-8401-0.
- ^ "About". Town of Fairmount, Indiana. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Indiana public library directory" (PDF). Indiana State Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-56976-518-0.
- ^ Rush Family History