Fairport, Iowa

Fairport, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Fairport, Iowa Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates: 41°26′09″N 90°54′17″W / 41.43583°N 90.90472°W / 41.43583; -90.90472Coordinates: 41°26′09″N 90°54′17″W / 41.43583°N 90.90472°W / 41.43583; -90.90472
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Muscatine
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Fairport is an unincorporated community along the Mississippi River and Iowa Highway 22 in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States.

History

Fairport, originally called Salem, was platted in 1839.^[1]

Fairport was once a stop along the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and along the Milwaukee Road.

References

↑ Richman, Irving Berdine (1911). History of Muscatine County, Iowa: From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 229.

Municipalities and communities of Muscatine County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Muscatine

Cities	Atalissa Blue Grass‡ Conesville Durant‡ Fruitland Muscatine Nichols Stockton Walcott‡ West Liberty Wilton

Townships	Cedar Fruitland Fulton Goshen Lake Montpelier Moscow Orono Pike Seventy-Six Sweetland Wapsinonoc Wilton

Unincorporated communities	Ardon Cranston Fairport Fruitland Hinkeyville Lake Midway Beach Montpelier Moscow Petersburg Port Allen

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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