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Fairmont, Minnesota

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The city of Fairmont is located in Martin County and is the county seat.

Fairmont is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Fairmont lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Fairmont can be found in:

 British ColumbiaNova Scotia
 CaliforniaOhio
 FloridaOklahoma
 IllinoisOntario
 KansasPennsylvania
 KentuckySouth Carolina
 LouisianaTennessee
 MarylandTexas
 MissouriUtah
 NebraskaWashington
 North CarolinaWest Virginia

At the time of the 2000 Census, Fairmont had a population of 10,889 people<2> (or 50.01% of the total population of Martin County). The population of Fairmont represented 0.22% of the total of Minnesota, making it the state's 81st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Fairmont had a population of 10,221 people. This is a decrease of 6.13% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Fairmont.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200810,221-6.13%-0.2% since 2007
200710,241-5.95%-0.39% since 2006
200610,281-5.58%-0.89% since 2005
200510,373-4.74% 
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200010,889The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Armstrong (IA)   S17 mi [27.36 km]9176.33% decrease
 Swea City (IA)   SE19 mi [30.58 km]56911.37% decrease
 Blue Earth   E18 mi [28.97 km]3,24710.33% decrease
 Ceylon   SW11 mi [17.7 km]3729.93% decrease
 Granada   NE6 mi [9.66 km]2947.26% decrease
 Sherburn   W13 mi [20.92 km]1,0195.82% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fairmont.

Websites for Fairmont

Official Website:   www.fairmont.org/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairmont.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Fairmont or Martin County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fairmont. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Fairmont:

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Panoramio.com

Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Fairmont? Please visit the Map Page for Fairmont.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fairmont - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fairmont.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fairmont and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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