FAIRMOUNT
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FAIRMOUNT |
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NAME: Fairmount COUNTY: Citrus ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Fine BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime |
COMMENTS:
At the intersection of SR44 and 488 under the present site of the Meadowcrest Industrial Park. REMAINS: Nothing |
| Settled in 1885. By 1886 the population was 75. There was a post office, church, steam sawmill, blacksmith shop, tinsmith, hotel, and general store. It was mostly orange groves and was wiped out in the big freeze of 1894-95. Information provided by the Citrus County Historical Museum. Submitted by: Mike Woodfin |
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