Map of Fremont city, Iowa

Fremont is a city in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 708 at the time of the 2020 census.

Fremont city overview:
Name:	Fremont city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Mahaska County
Elevation:	837 ft (255 m)
Total Area:	1.06 sq mi (2.75 km²)
Land Area:	1.06 sq mi (2.75 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	708
Population Density:	666.04/sq mi (257.26/km²)
ZIP code:	52561
Area code:	641
FIPS code:	1929190
GNISfeature ID:	0456761

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History

In 1871, Fremont stretched for 8 blocks, 1/2 mile (under 1 km) along Main Street, with at least one house on every block on the north side of the street and a few houses on Washington Street, one block north. There was a Baptist church, a hotel, three stores, a barber shop and a school. The town also had a physician, a blacksmith and a shoemaker.

The Burlington and Western, a narrow gauge railroad and its competitor, the Iowa Central Railway built parallel tracks toward Oskaloosa. The Burlington and Western arrived in the fall of 1883 and was widened to Standard Gauge in 1902 and taken over by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy the next year. the Minneapolis and St. Louis took over the Iowa Central around the same time. The Burlington line was abandoned in 1934.

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. The school and hotel were on Main Street, and the post office was half a block north of Main.