[4][5] The first European settlers arrived here c. 1740 and named the area Fox Hill, after a local farmer.

[3] The Fairmount Presbyterian Church was founded in 1747 as a German Reformed congregation in a log cabin.

[6] The current church was built from 1851 to 1852 with Greek Revival and Shingle styles.

[7] The current Fairmount United Methodist Church was built in 1868 with Romanesque Revival and Italianate styles.

[5] By the 1880s, Fairmount had two churches, two stores, a sawmill, gristmill, schoolhouse, and the largest tannery in the county.