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Forgan is a town in Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 547 at the 2010 census.

Forgan town overview:
Name:	Forgan town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Oklahoma
County:	Beaver County
Elevation:	2,592 ft (790 m)
Total Area:	0.39 sq mi (1.02 km²)
Land Area:	0.39 sq mi (1.02 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	450
Population Density:	1,145.04/sq mi (441.87/km²)
ZIP code:	73938
Area code:	580
FIPS code:	4026900
GNISfeature ID:	1092944

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History

The town name honors James B. Forgan, a Chicago banker and financier. L. B. Tooker established the first newspaper, the Forgan Enterprise, on June 6, 1912. A total of fifty-three businesses and four medical doctors were in the town at that time. As the town was located in a wheat-producing area, grain elevators were built to store wheat prior to shipment. The population dropped to 428 in 1940 after an exodus due to the Dust Bowl.

At the turn of the twenty-first century the economy was based on wheat and milo farming, ranching, the oil and gas industry, and corporate hog farms.

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Geography

Forgan is located at 36°54′27″N 100°32′21″W / 36.90750°N 100.53917°W / 36.90750; -100.53917 (36.907505, -100.539253). Forgan lies between the Cimarron and Beaver rivers. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km), all land.