Fromberg is a Slavic name, that was given to the town by the large population of Slavics who moved here in the early 1900s and started farmlands. It was originally called Gebo after a man who started a coal mine in this town. The area was called "Poverty Flats" because of droughts that occurred, almost causing locals to starve. After the irrigation system was installed, the land prospered and still remains rich farming land.