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Forest City, Pennsylvania
Borough in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forest City is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated at the corner of Susquehanna, Lackawanna and Wayne counties and is designated by a marker which is located in the Forest City Industrial Park.
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Forest City, Pennsylvania | |
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![]() 436 Main Street | |
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![]() Location of Forest City in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. | |
Coordinates: 41°39′03″N 75°28′05″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Susquehanna |
Settled | 1871 |
Incorporated | 1888 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.94 sq mi (2.44 km2) |
• Land | 0.92 sq mi (2.37 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,780 |
• Density | 1,945.36/sq mi (751.47/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Zip code | 18421 |
Area code | 570 |
FIPS code | 42-26560 |
Website | www |
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Forest City is four avenues by 10 blocks as the 'main city', with a small surrounding suburb housing 1,748 in the 2020 census,[3] with 87% of the population living 'in town'.
At its height in the early twentieth century, between the timber, silk, lumber and coal industries, the population was close to 6,000—a booming town with a busy Main Street.