Forgan

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 53 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 21st century the economy was based on wheat and milo farming, ranching, the oil and gas industry, and corporate hog farms.

Geography

Forgan lies between the Cimarron and Beaver rivers. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  184
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  155
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  122
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  97
• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  88
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  87
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  85
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  82

Most recent

• M 2.67 — 2025-11-15
  13 km WNW of Knowles, Oklahoma
• M 2.9 — 2023-12-19
  6 km NE of Follett, Texas
• M 4.05 — 2021-05-25
  3 km WNW of Shattuck, Oklahoma
• M 2.75 — 2020-01-21
  12 km NNE of Rosston, Oklahoma
• M 2.8 — 2018-10-30
  16 km WSW of Bucklin, Kansas
• M 2.9 — 2017-10-25
  23 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma