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

Fairpoint
Ghost town
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. "Domestic Names".
  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 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 7, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2019.


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