Official Name: | Fargo, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clinch |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 7.14 |
Area Land Km2: | 7.11 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.76 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.74 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 250 |
Population Density Km2: | 35.18 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 91.11 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 30.6867°N -82.5669°W |
Elevation M: | 34 |
Elevation Ft: | 112 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31631 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-28744[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0314079[3] |
Fargo 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 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 Scrub Fire threatened the city in April and May 2007, the largest wildfire in Georgia's history.
Fargo is located in southern Clinch County at 30.6867°N -82.5669°W (30.686698, −82.567076).[4] Its western border is formed by Suwannoochee Creek, also the Echols County line. The Suwannee River forms the eastern border of the city.
U.S. Route 441 passes through the city's eastern side, leading north to Homerville, Georgia, and south to Lake City, Florida. Georgia State Route 177 leads northeast to its end in the Okefenokee Swamp at Stephen C. Foster State Park.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Fargo has a total area of 7.1km2, of which 0.03sqkm, or 0.46%, is water.[5]
White (non-Hispanic) | 208 | 83.2% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 31 | 12.4% | |
Native American | 4 | 1.6% | |
Other/Mixed | 4 | 1.6% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.2% |