The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFargo is a city in Clinch County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 250. Formerly a town, it was incorporated by the Georgia state legislature in 1992, effective from April 1. Fargo is one of the most remote cities in Georgia, with the only settlement in almost 20 miles being Williamsburg. Fargo is located near the Okefenokee Swamp and is the western gateway to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Also nearby is Stephen C. Foster State Park. The Bugaboo Fire threatened the city in April and May 2007.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 321 to 250 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fargo yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Fargo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fargo’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fargo, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Fargo is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fargo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Floyds Island Hammock in Homeland, 21.7 miles away.
Fargo and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.