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Welcome to Forest City ...The town of Forest City is located in Rutherford County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Forest City has a population of 7,157 people<2> (see below for details). Forest City is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Forest City lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Forest City: (828) The ZIP code for Forest City: 28043<4> Websites for Forest City ...Official Website: www.townofforestcity.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Forest City had an population of 7,157 people. This is a decrease of 4.27% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Forest City had a population of 7,476 people (or 11.02% of the total population of Rutherford County). This makes Forest City the county's most populous community. The population of Forest City represents 0.08% of the population of North Carolina (which has 9,535,483 people), making it the state's 103rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,476 people, the population of Forest City has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 7,549 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 19 communities that are also named Forest City - they are located in Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New York, 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 6 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 Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest City. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Forest City: www.townofforestcity.com/ The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcountync.gov/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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