Fairmount

Also known as Fairmount, Georgia, Fairmount, GA

city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Georgia
County: Gordon
Incorporated town: January 1, 1897
Total: 1.83 sq mi (4.73 km )
Land: 1.83 sq mi (4.73 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 745 ft (227 m)
Density: 422.7/sq mi (163.22/km )
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes: 706/762 and 770 / 678/470
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Fairmount is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fairmount had a population of 772. Gordon County is home to New Echota, which was once the Cherokee Nation's capital. It was the origin of the Cherokee written language and newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix.

The city is located near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Chattahoochee National Forest.