Fargo, Indiana
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Fargo is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Greenfield Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of
Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
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History

An old variant name of the community was called Pittsburgh. The community's original name is probably for the local Pitman family. A post office was established under the name Fargo in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1928.


References

Unincorporated communities in Orange County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{OrangeCountyIN-geo-stub