Fontanelle, IA

Fontanelle is a city in Summerset Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 676 residents. Fontanelle was platted in 1855, by New York state native James C. The town is located between the West fork and Main fork of the Middle Nodaway River along Iowa Highway 92. Fontanelle was formed on July 1, 2000, by the consolidation of the districts of Greenfield and Bridgewater–Fontanelle. Fontanelle's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Iowa setting. The local scoop is how Fontanelle's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.