Fairpoint, Minnesota

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Fairpoint
Ghost town
Fairpoint is located in Minnesota
Fairpoint
Fairpoint
Coordinates: 44°12′15″N 92°52′15″W / 44.20417°N 92.87083°W / 44.20417; -92.87083Coordinates: 44°12′15″N 92°52′15″W / 44.20417°N 92.87083°W / 44.20417; -92.87083[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

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
Census Pop. %±
188060—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Domestic Names".
  2. ^ a b 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 4 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Goodhue County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Domestic Names".
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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