Map of Fontanelle city, Iowa

Fontanelle is a city in Summerset Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The population was 676 at the time of the 2020 census.

Fontanelle city overview:
Name:	Fontanelle city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Adair County
Elevation:	1,345 ft (410 m)
Total Area:	0.86 sq mi (2.22 km²)
Land Area:	0.86 sq mi (2.22 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	676
Population Density:	788.80/sq mi (304.72/km²)
ZIP code:	50846
Area code:	641
FIPS code:	1928290
GNISfeature ID:	0456661

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History

Fontanelle was platted in 1855, by New York state native James C. Gibbs (1820–1907), who followed the arrival of a transient named Collins. In the summer of that year, Gibbs purchased lots on the northeast of the city square where he constructed a large log cabin. He brought his family there to live. Gibbs ran a hotel out of the log cabin briefly. He died in 1907, aged 86, and is buried with his wife, Phebe, in Fontanelle Cemetery.

D. M. Valentine purchased lots immediately to the west of Gibbs’, thus becoming the second settler.

The city is named for chief Logan Fontanelle of the Omaha tribe, son of the French fur trader Lucien Fontanelle of the American Fur Company and an Omaha tribeswoman.