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Welcome to Forest City ...The city of Forest City is primarily located in Winnebago County<1> and is the County Seat for Winnebago County. A portion of Forest City extends into Hancock County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Forest City has a population of 4,017 people<2> (see below for details). Forest City is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Forest City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Forest City lies within the (641) area code. The ZIP code for Forest City: 50436<4> Websites for Forest City ...Chamber of Commerce: www.forestcityia.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Forest City, the following might be of interest: Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Forest City had an population of 4,017 people. This is a decrease of 3.23% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 7.91% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Forest City had a population of 4,151 people (which is 38.2% of the total population of Winnebago County). This makes Forest City the county's most populous community. The population of Forest City represents 0.14% of the total population of Iowa (which has 3,046,355 people), making it the state's 93rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 4,151 people, the population of Forest City decreased 4.84% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 4,362 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Forest City. Communities Also Named Forest City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Forest City: This one is located in Winnebago County and the other is located in Howard County. Beyond Iowa, there are 19 communities that are also named Forest City - they are located in Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest City. Communities near Forest City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest City.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forest City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest City. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest City. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Forest City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest City ...Looking for more information about Forest City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Forest City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Forest City. Adding Forest City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Forest City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Forest City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Forest City in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865). For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest City. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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