Fairmount (Indiana)

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Fairmount
Fairmount in August 2005
Fairmount in August 2005
Location in Indiana
Fairmount (Indiana)
Fairmount
Fairmount
Basic data
Foundation : 1830
State : United States
State : Indiana
County : Grant County
Coordinates : 40 ° 25 ′  N , 85 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′  N , 85 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 3,000 (as of 2008)
Population density : 789.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.8 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 266 m
Postal code : 46928
Area code : +1 765
FIPS : 18-22432
GNIS ID : 434304

Fairmount is a small town in Grant County , Indiana , about 90 km northeast of Indianapolis . The place has about 3,000 inhabitants and extends over an area of ​​around 3.8 km².

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

Fairmount gained fame through the US actor James Dean , who spent part of his childhood there and was buried in Park Cemetery. The comic artist Jim Davis also grew up in Fairmount, and the comic figure Garfield comes from his pen .

James Dean's grave in Park Cemetery