Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota
City
Downtown Fargo Plains Art Museum North Dakota State University Fargo Civic Center Veterans Memorial Bridge Fargo Air Museum Cathedral of St. Mary
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Coordinates: 46°52′24″N 96°49′38″W / 46.87333°N 96.82722°W / 46.87333; -96.82722
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Cass
Founded	1871
Named for	William Fargo
Government
• Mayor	Tim Mahoney (D)
Area [1]
• City	50.77 sq mi (131.49 km2)
Elevation [3]	906 ft (276 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• City	125,990
• Rank	US: 216th ND: 1st
• Density	2,481.68/sq mi (958.19/km2)
• Urban	216,214 (US: 177th)[2]
• Urban density	2,781.6/sq mi (1,074.0/km2)
• Metro	258,663 (US: 190th)
• Demonym	Fargoan
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
ZIP Codes	58102–58109, 58121–58122, 58124–58126
Area code	701
FIPS code	38-25700
GNIS feature ID	1036030[3]
Website	fargond.gov

Fargo is the is the county seat of Cass County. The city was founded in 1871, and it has a population of 125,990 as of the 2020 census. This makes it the largest city in the American state of North Dakota. It is the 216th largest city in America.^[4]

Fargo is in the eastern part of the state, near the Minnesota border. Fargo is at the intersection of two major highways, Interstate 29 and Interstate 94. Fargo has a twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota. Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo, and Dilworth, Minnesota, are part of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Fargo was founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain.^[5] Fargo is very important to North Dakota. It is a cultural, retail, health care, education, and industry center in the Midwest. North Dakota State University is in the city.

1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. ↑ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fargo, North Dakota
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Fargo city, North Dakota". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
5. ↑ John Eligon (April 2, 2013). "Sandbag Season Has Fargo Thinking of a Better Way". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2013. "When you have a 100-year flood four years out of five, that's a great challenge," Gov. Jack Dalrymple said.