Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont, West Virginia
City
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Nickname:  Friendly City
Motto:  "Spend a Day... Spend a Lifetime"
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Coordinates: 39°28′53″N 80°8′36″W / 39.48139°N 80.14333°W / 39.48139; -80.14333
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Marion
Settled	1819
Incorporated (town)	1820
Incorporated (city)	1899
Founded by	Boaz Fleming
Named for	The town's overlook of the Monongahela River
Government
• Type	Council-manager government
• Mayor	Anne Bolyard (D)[1]
• Deputy Mayor	Josh Rice
• City Manager	Valerie Means
Area [2]
• Total	8.99 sq mi (23.27 km2)
• Land	8.60 sq mi (22.28 km2)
• Water	0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
Elevation	984 ft (300 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	18,313
• Estimate  (2021)[3]	18,209
• Density	2,137.64/sq mi (825.36/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	26554-26555
Area code	304
FIPS code	54-26452
GNIS feature ID	1560581[4]
Website	fairmontwv.gov

Fairmont is a city in and county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state.^[3][5] It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area, which includes all of Marion County in North Central West Virginia and had a population of 56,205 in 2020. Fairmont is also a principal city of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont combined statistical area.