Fontanelle, IA

FONTANELLE, the county seat [Adair County, Iowa], is located a little southwest of the centre of the county, and is finely laid out on a beautiful prairie. It contains some fine public buildings, and has a population of about two hundred. The Methodists, Christians and Congregationalists, all have societies organized, but are as yet without church edifices. There is one newspaper, published weekly by James C. Gibbs. Fontanelle Lodge, No. 138, A. F. & A.M., which has been in operation seven years, holds its meetings on Saturday evenings previous to the full moon.  (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)