Argyle, Minnesota

Argyle (/ˈɑːrɡaɪl/ AR-gyle) is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States, along the Middle River.

Before James J. Hill bought the Great Northern Railway in 1879 and accepted the task of completing the line from Crookston to the Canada–US border, a French-Canadian man founded a town named Louisa, after the French king, in the path of the railroad.

However, Hill's company located the new railroad town just south of the Louisa property line and named it Argyle.

Other settlers included immigrants from England, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Scotland, and Germany.

The early townspeople and businessmen were always anxious to make Argyle an attractive community to the region.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.00 square mile (2.59 km2), all land.

[5] The city is located 40 miles from both Grand Forks, North Dakota and Thief River Falls.

In 1974 a special election was held to get bonds for the construction and equipment for a new physical education facility.

Two public meetings in both communities were held in 1990 to begin the discussion of sharing the school districts.

Ever since the meeting on January 30, 1996, the Stephen Tiger and the Argyle Eagle became united as one creating the Stephen/Argyle Central STORM.

Map of Minnesota highlighting Marshall County