Fairpoint, Minnesota

Fairpoint is a ghost town in Cherry Grove Township, Goodhue County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[2]

Fairpoint
Fairpoint
Fairpoint
Coordinates: 44°12′15″N 92°52′15″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyGoodhue
Elevation
1,171 ft (357 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55946
Area code(s)507

History

Fairpoint was platted as a small village in 1857.[2] A post office was established at Fairpoint from 1857 to 1861,[3] and was reestablished in 1865 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.[4] The Fairpoint cemetery remains today.[5]

Historical population
CensusPop.
188060
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:2064881,Fairpoint%20Post%20Office%20(historical)
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 206.
  3. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names (3rd ed.). Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 210. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. "Goodhue County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:643502,Fairpoint%20Cemetery
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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