Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo
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Fargo is located in North Dakota
Fargo
Fargo
Fargo is located in the United States
Fargo
Fargo
Coordinates: 46°52′24″N 96°49′38″W / 46.87333°N 96.82722°W / 46.87333; -96.82722
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Dakota
CountyCass
Founded1871
Incorporated1874
Named forWilliam Fargo
Government
 • MayorTim Mahoney (D-NPL)
Area
 • City50.835 sq mi (131.662 km2)
 • Land50.834 sq mi (131.659 km2)
 • Water0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2)
Elevation906 ft (276 m)
Population
 • City125,990
 • Estimate 
(2023)[5]
133,188
 • RankUS: 218th
ND: 1st
 • Density2,620/sq mi (1,012/km2)
 • Urban
216,214 (US: 178th)[2]
 • Urban density2,781.6/sq mi (1,074.0/km2)
 • Metro
262,620 (US: 189th)
 • Metro density93.4/sq mi (36.08/km2)
DemonymFargoan
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
58102–58109, 58121–58122, 58124–58126
Area code701
FIPS code38-25700
GNIS feature ID1036030[3]
HighwaysI-29, I-94, US 10, US 52, US 81
Sales tax7.5%[6]
Websitefargond.gov

Fargo is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. The population was 125,990 at the 2020 census,[4] which was estimated to have grown to 133,188 in 2023,[5] making it the 218th-most populous city in the United States. Fargo, along with its twin city of Moorhead, Minnesota, form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 248,591 in 2020.

Fargo was founded in 1871 on the Red River of the North floodplain.[7] It is a cultural, retail, health care, educational, and industrial center for southeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. North Dakota State University is located in the city.

  1. ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fargo, North Dakota
  4. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "West Fargo (ND) sales tax rate". Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  7. ^ 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.

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