In 1975, the city was described as follows: "Farsø with church, rectory, School, Pharmacist's retail store, District housing, Veirmølle". The town of Farsø got a savings bank in 1877. The inn came in 1883, but until 1912, it was only for road users. After the inauguration of Farsø Hospital in 1894, the city went well around 1900, had a meeting house, a mission house, a pharmacy, district housing, several merchandise and the joint venture.
The railway
Farsø was stationed at Aalborg-Hvalpsund Railway in 1910. The city's citizens were so proud of the station building that they donated a tower to it. The track was closed in 1969, and the station building was demolished in 1977. The tower is preserved on the tower of the savings bank. The station building's granite portal was also preserved and was restored in Stationsstræde in 2015. This name and road name Stationsvej reminds that the new city center was landed on the station tree. Engvej is located on the track.
Buildings
Farsø school
Farsø School has 697 students, divided into 0.-9. grade. In 2013, 62 teachers were employed at the school. Pupils from the schools in Ullits, Strandby and Gedsted move mostly to Farsø School when they reach 7th grade, as there are only 6th grade classes in those schools.
Farsø is located in Farsø parish, and Farsø Church is located in the town of Farsø. It is a Romanesque church from the 11th century with a late gothic tower and porch. In the chancel, there is a granite font with carvings of lions and human heads; on the ceilings of the nave, there are several paintings made in 1550. In the porch, is the Farsø stone, a runestone, found in 1955 under the tile floor in that was found in connection with the restoration of the church.
Farsø municipality
Until 1 January 2007, Farsø was also a municipality in North Jutland County. The municipality covered an area of 201 km², and had a total population of 7,991. Its last mayor was H. O. A. Kjeldsen, a member of the Venstrepolitical party. Farsø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Løgstør, Aalestrup, and Aars municipalities to form the new Vesthimmerland municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 815 km² and a total population of 39,176.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms where first used in Farsø Municipality, and it symbolised the hunting since that Farsø had a royal family's hunting house in Trend.
Notable people
Johannes V. Jensen was a Danish author, often considered the first great Danish writer of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944
