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==History== Gilmore City was [[plat]]ted in 1884, not long after the railroad had been built through that territory in 1882.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_P8A_AAAAYAAJ | title=The Pioneer History of Pocahontas County, Iowa | publisher=G. Sanborn | author=Flickinger, Robert Elliott | year=1904 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_P8A_AAAAYAAJ/page/n725 623]β624}}</ref> Gilmore City was originally known as Blooming Prairie. The name was changed to Gilmore City in the early 1880s. The city was named for Charles N. Gilmore. Gilmore was the superintendent of the Fort Dodge & Des Moines rail line and later became division superintendent after the road was leased by the Rock Island Railway Company. Gilmore died in Des Moines on April 5, 1912. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. The community was incorporated on April 16, 1887.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Gilmore-City-Iowa.html|title= Gilmore City, Iowa|publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 30, 2012}}</ref> Two [[Quarry|quarries]] known as the Midwest Limestone Quarry and the Hallett Quarry were opened north of Gilmore City. Quicklime and dimension stone production began at least as early as 1882, and was succeeded by cement and aggregate production.<ref>''An Excursion to the Historic Gilmore City Quarries'' by Frederick J. Woodson, Geological Society of Iowa publication, Guidebook 50, April 29, 1989.</ref> Fossil [[crinoid]]s were discovered in the quarries 1929.<ref>Laudon, L. R., 1933. The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Gilmore City Formation of Iowa. University of Iowa, Studies in Natural History, v. 15, no. 2, 74 p.</ref> The Midwest Limestone Quarry is currently known as the Moore Quarry, owned by [[Martin Marietta Inc.]]<ref>[https://www.martinmarietta.com/locations/central/alden-district/moore-quarry Moore Quarry], Martin Marietta website, accessed 8 November 2021.</ref>
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