Welcome to Fargo Springs (aka 'Harwood') ...
So far, we found very little information about Fargo Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fargo Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Fargo Springs - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Fargo Springs, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Fargo Springs <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Seward County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fargo Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
A typical abbreviation for Fargo Springs: Fargo Spgs. (or less commonly used: Fargo Spngs. or Fargo Sprngs.)
Time Zone: The area where Fargo Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Fargo Springs once stood is in the (620) area code.
The community of Fargo Springs has also been called Harwood.
Adding Fargo Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fargo Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Fargo Springs post office opened in 1885.
We also found Fargo Springs on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fargo Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fargo Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Seward, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Fargo Springs is also known as Harwood. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Fargo Springs. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |