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Argyle is a city in Marshall County in northwestern Minnesota that was incorporated in 1883 and sits along the Middle River.

Before the railroad arrived, a French-Canadian settler had founded a town named Louisa in the railroad's expected path, but James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway located the new railroad town just south of Louisa and named it Argyle instead.

Argyle's early settlers included French-Canadians as well as immigrants from England, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Scotland and Germany.

Argyle had 544 residents at the 2020 census, down from 639 people in 261 households at the 2010 census.

Flooding on the Middle River led Argyle to build a dike along the river in 1988.

Old Mill State Park, a popular Marshall County park on the Middle River, is located near Argyle.

Argyle's motto is "Small town living with big city access" — the town sits about 40 miles from both Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Thief River Falls, and about 130 miles from Winnipeg, Canada.

Argyle's school was organized on March 16, 1880, with Miss Mary Dion teaching its first 18 pupils.

Since January 30, 1996, Argyle's Eagles have been united with Stephen's Tigers as the Stephen/Argyle Central STORM, a football powerhouse that won a Minnesota state title in 1999, five straight titles from 2003 to 2007, and another in 2009.

Argyle endures some of the coldest weather in the continental United States — NOAA climate data for the town includes a record low of −48 °F.