Fairmont
County Seat of
Marion County
West Virginia
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Marion County Courthouse
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Fairmont: Established in 1820 as
Middletown, then in Monongalia County. Chartered by the Virginia
Assembly in 1843 as Fairmont, a contraction of Fair Mountain,
first considered as the name for the new town. Home of Francis
H. Pierpont, War Governor of Virginia under Restored Government,
whose body is buried in a cemetery in this city, Location of
Fairmont State College and W.Va. Career College.
Population: 20,210
Elevation: 883 feet |
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