Fairmont, West Virginia

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city county seat

Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fairmont, West Virginia canonical	14
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
areaCode	304 ⓘ 681 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Marion County, West Virginia ⓘ
distanceTo	approximately 100 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ approximately 20 miles south of Morgantown, West Virginia ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	coal mining ⓘ glass production ⓘ railroads ⓘ
foundedIn	1820 ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasBridge	Low Level Bridge (former Fairmont Bridge site) ⓘ surface form: Low Level Bridge (historical)
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Fairmont Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	High Gate ⓘ Marion County Courthouse ⓘ
hasInstitution	Pierpont Community & Technical College ⓘ surface form: Pierpont Community and Technical College
hasNotableEvent	Feast of the Seven Fishes in Italian-American tradition ⓘ surface form: annual Feast of the Seven Fishes festival
hasPark	Palatine Park ⓘ Wave Pool Park (Marion County Wave Pool) ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	East Fairmont High School Bees (high school athletics) ⓘ Fairmont Senior High School ⓘ surface form: Fairmont Senior High School Polar Bears (high school athletics)
hasUniversity	Fairmont State University ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn	1843 ⓘ
knownFor	coal mining history ⓘ glass manufacturing history ⓘ railroad history ⓘ
locatedIn	Appalachian foothills ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicProvince	Allegany Plateau ⓘ surface form: Allegheny Plateau
locatedInRegion	Appalachian region of the United States ⓘ surface form: Appalachian region north-central West Virginia ⓘ
locatedNearRiver	Tygart Valley River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Monongahela River ⓘ
majorHighway	Interstate 79 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 250 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ Morgantown, West Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Morgantown, West Virginia
originalName	Middletown ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Fairmont micropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode	26554 ⓘ
renamedInHonorOf	its scenic location on a hill or fair mount ⓘ
state	West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (15)

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Monongahela River → passesThrough → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Fairmont State Fighting Falcons men's basketball → location → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Fairmont State Fighting Falcons men's basketball → homeCity → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility → locatedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

West Virginia Route 20 → connects → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Interstate 79 → passesThrough → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

West Fork River → flowsThrough → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

West Fork River → mouthLocatedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Route 250 → runsThrough → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Retton → placeOfBirth → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary Lou Retton

this entity surface form: Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Fairmont Senior High School → locatedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Fairmont State University → locatedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Joe Retton Arena → locatedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Fighting Falcons → basedIn → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ

Fighting Falcons → homeVenueLocation → Fairmont, West Virginia ⓘ