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Georgetown is a small city in Clay County in northwestern Minnesota, set along the Buffalo River near its confluence with the Red River of the North.

Georgetown was established in 1859 as a trading post and company town for the Hudson's Bay Company, making it one of the oldest towns in the Red River Valley.

Georgetown was the Hudson's Bay Company's furthest south trading post and served as a relay post for goods traveling from Canada south to St. Cloud.

In 1862 Georgetown was the northwesternmost city in Minnesota; that year its residents evacuated during the U.S.-Dakota War, led north by Joe Rolette, and only two families returned afterward even though the town was never attacked.

A post office called Georgetown began operation in 1864, and the city was incorporated on March 10, 1904.

Georgetown had 86 residents at the 2020 census, down from 129 in 2010, when its residents lived in 48 households.

According to Clay County's historical census records, Georgetown's population peaked at 193 in the 1920 census.

As the railroads arrived and Red River water levels fell, river trade declined and the town moved further from the river; today U.S. Highway 75 is the major route in the area.