Map of Forest City borough, Pennsylvania

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.

Forest City is four avenues by 10 blocks as the ‘main city’, with a small surrounding suburb housing 1,748 in the 2020 census, 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.

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History

The land that is Forest City and the surrounding area was originally part of the Delaware-Munsee Indian Tribe. By the time it became Forest City, it had been unoccupied, virgin land.

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Geography

Forest City is 23 miles (37 km) north by east of Scranton.

Forest City is located at 41°39′3″N 75°28′5″W / 41.65083°N 75.46806°W / 41.65083; -75.46806 (41.650907, -75.468180).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km), of which 0.9 square miles (2.3 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) (3.23%) is water.

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