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Communities Also Named Fargo ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Fargo.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Fargo.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these nineteen communities, one is located in Canada and the other nineteen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe County
      • This Fargo is located in Monroe County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Fargo.
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Fargo [Fresno County].
    • Georgia
      • Clinch County
      • This Fargo is located in Clinch County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinch County community of Fargo.
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • This Fargo is located in Brown County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Fargo.
    • Indiana
      • Benton County
      • This Fargo is located in Benton County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Fargo.
      • Orange County
      • This Fargo is located in Orange County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Fargo.
    • Kansas
      • Graham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fargo [Graham County].
      • Seward County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fargo [Seward County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Fargo is located in Saint Clair County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Fargo.
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Benton County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Fargo.
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • This Fargo is located in Genesee County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Fargo.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fargo is located in Jefferson County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fargo.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Fargo is located in Cass County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Fargo.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ashtabula County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Fargo.
      • Morrow County
      • This Fargo is located in Morrow County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Fargo.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ellis County
      • This Fargo is located in Ellis County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Fargo.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Fargo is located in Marion County and lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Fargo.
    • Texas
      • Wilbarger County
      • This Fargo is located in Wilbarger County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilbarger County community of Fargo.
    • Wisconsin
      • Vernon County
      • This Fargo is located in Vernon County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Fargo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fargo ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cedar Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Charing Cross
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charing Cross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charing Cross
  • Dealtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dealtown
  • Erie Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Guilds
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilds
  • Kent Centre
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Centre
  • Louiseville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Oriole Parkway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriole Parkway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole Parkway

How Far From Fargo to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fargo to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fargo and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Fargo to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fargo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fargo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3542, Longitude: -82.0658    
<2>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Fargo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fargo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.792 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.261 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.695 degrees.




 

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