Fremont is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States.

There was a Baptist church, a hotel, three stores, a barber shop and a school.

[4] The Burlington and Western, a narrow gauge railroad and its competitor, the Iowa Central Railway built parallel tracks toward Oskaloosa.

[6] In 1905, Fremont had a grain elevator, live-stock pens, and a lumber yard on clustered around the Burlington depot on the south side of town, and a creamery, another stockyard, and grain elevator spread out on both sides of the Iowa Central depot along the north-east side.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.03 square miles (2.67 km2), all of it land.

There were 320 housing units at an average density of 301.2 per square mile (116.3/km2).

There were 327 housing units at an average density of 317.5 per square mile (122.6/km2).

The racial makeup of the city was 98.7% White, 0.1% African American, 0.7% Asian, and 0.5% from two or more races.

26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.