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Fargo, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Oak Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47971. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle.

Fargo within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

3,316 words on this township

Progress of Education in Benton County, Indiana : with an Explanation of the Indiana School System and the Duties of School Officers, Patrons and Pupils, published 1906 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Oak Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Oak Grove Township - 3,316 words.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oxford1.7 miles9
Chase3.3 miles9
Atkinson3.5 miles9
Templeton3.8 miles9
Swanington4.4 miles9
Boswell5.2 miles9
Foresman7.0 miles8
Barce7.0 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q96418405The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434388. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.