Editing Fairmont, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Fairmont was [[plat]]ted in 1871 when the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad|Burlington & Quincy Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/fillmore/fairmont/ | title=Fairmont, Fillmore County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=110}}</ref> The name was chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops on the new line traveling westward from Lincoln: [[Berks, Nebraska|Berks]], [[Crete, Nebraska|Crete]], [[Dorchester, Nebraska|Dorchester]], [[Exeter, Nebraska|Exeter]], Fairmont, [[Grafton, Nebraska|Grafton]], Huxley, etc.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/clay/saronville/ | title=Saronville, Clay County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=February 22, 2018 | archive-date=February 22, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165453/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/clay/saronville/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Fairmont is a descriptive name referring to the town's scenic setting at a lofty elevation.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 | pages=59| isbn=0803250606 }} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref>
By the fall of 1872 Fairmont had a school building, hotels, more stores, lumberyards, and coal and feed yards under construction.<ref name=Official>[http://www.fairmont-nebraska.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/Historical Official website, History section]</ref> The first newspaper, "Fairmont Bulletin" was published in 1872. By 1881 there were three with the introduction of the "Nebraska Bulletin" and the "Nebraska Signal".

One of the first major business enterprises, the Fairmont Creamery Company, was founded in 1884. Corporate offices were moved to [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] in 1907.<ref name=Official/>