Fairpoint, Minnesota

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Fairpoint
Ghost town
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Fairpoint
Coordinates: 44°12′15″N92°52′15″W / 44.20417°N 92.87083°W / 44.20417; -92.87083 [1]
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Goodhue
Elevation
1,171 ft (357 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55946
Area code 507

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

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.Note%±
1880 60—
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Domestic Names".
  2. 1 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. ISBN   9780873513968 . Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Goodhue County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Domestic Names".
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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