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Forest City, Pennsylvania Forest City is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Forest City is situated at the corner of Susquehanna County, Lackawanna County and Wayne County, Pennsylvania and is designated by a marker which is located in the Forest City Industrial Park.Forest City is 4 avenues by 10 blocks as the 'main city' with a small surrounding suburb housing 1,855 in the 2000 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.[citation needed] History The land that would become Forest City was settled in 1864 by William Pentecost and family and chosen for its dense forest, of which only a small portion of the original forest still remains today in the Industrial Park (where mine #1 was once located) and at the beginning of Delaware Street.[citation needed] Originally called 'Forest Mills', it was settled by lumbermen and their families.Between 1866 and 1871, the Jefferson Branch, a railroad spur of the D & H Canal Company., was built in Forest Mills.[citation needed] It ran between Susquehanna Depot and Carbondale, transporting the harvested lumber. Lumbering was the only industry of this area, with the exception of a small mining operation run by William Pentecost, which supplied only sufficient coal to neighboring farmers for winter fuel.[citation needed]In 1871, an outcropping of coal was discovered.[citation needed] The Hillside Coal and Iron Company bought large tracts of land in the area, and by 1872 the first commercially profitable coal mining enterprise was established at North Railroad Street.[citation needed] A small breaker erected on Railroad Street processed the 75 ton daily output from this operation until 1883.[citation needed]In 1886, another shaft, Shaft No. 2, was opened.[citation needed] This brought an influx of miners, mostly Welsh, into the area.[citation needed] There were now 300 men and boys employed in the production of coal.[citation needed]Coal mining continued until The Great Depression hit this town hard, as primary sector of the economy products as lumber and coal were hardest hit. The population slowly dwindled as the coal mining came to a halt. Today, 'The Coalminer's Inn' on Main Street, and Red Cross Pharmacy's anthracite souvenirs serve as a reminder of this once flourishing coal town.There are important agricultural interests in the region.[citation needed] At the onset of the twentieth century, coal-mining and silk manufacturing were the chief industries,[citation needed] but they have declined to the vanishing point.In 1879, the local post office adopted the name 'Pentecost'[citation needed] which it later changed to 'Forest City' in 1886.[citation needed] Forest City was incorporated in 1888.[citation needed] 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 (2.4 km²), of which, 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (3.23%) is water.Forest City's motto is 'one mile of hospitality'.[citation needed] Demographics In 1900, the population was 4,279, and in 1910, 5,749. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,855 people, 790 households, and 454 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,053.3 people per square mile (795.8/km²).There are 790 households out of which 24.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% are married couples living together, 13.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% are non-families. 40.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 26.6% have someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.16 and the average family size is 2.87.The median age is 46. For every 100 females there are 81.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.7 males.The median income for a household in the borough is $26,766, and the median income for a family is $35,625. The per capita income for the borough is $15,774. About 7.2% of families and 13.4% of the population live below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over. Churches At its height, Forest City, Pennsylvania was in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the town with the most churches in a town'[citation needed] due to the historical influx of immigrants settling in primary sector of the economy towns such as Forest City, as each successive ethnic minority would build their own church.Up until recent years, Forest City's overwhelmingly Roman Catholic population boasted five churches: St. Anthony, St. Michael, St. Agnes, St. Joseph, and Sacred Heart. Each of these churches were ethnic, St. Agnes being Irish, St. Anthony's was Lithuanian; St. Michael's was Slovakian; St. Joseph's was Slovenian; and Sacred Heart was Polish. As of 2010, only St. Joseph remains open-all except Sacred Heart were closed.Forest City is also home to an Episcopal, Methodist, Byzantine Catholic Church and a non-denominational church. Senior Care The William Penn apartment complex for seniors is on Main Street and the Forest City Nursing and Rehab Center is on Delaware Street. This represents up to 7% of the population of Forest City.[citation needed] Life in Forest City Forest City's Main Street serves the people in town, but as a quasi-city in its own right has undergone some tough times. Over the years businesses have closed their doors and new businesses have a hard time staying open, because of a lack of jobs per capita, because of the old age (non-working status) of many residents.[citation needed]Forest City's Main Street features a number of businesses including a supermarket, two banks, a pharmacy, three insurance agencies, a Chinese takeout restaurant, bars and a convenience store. Forest City is home to Pennsylvanias oldest family owned Chevrolet dealership, Allan Hornbeck Chevrolet.Forest City has its own police force, which serves some surrounding municipalities on a contractual basis.Forest City has two parks: Kennedy Park and Babe Ruth Park. Kennedy Park, located on Pennsylvania Route 247 five blocks from Main Street which has a lake, baseball fields, tennis and basketball courts, frisbee golf course, playground and nature trail. Babe Ruth Park is located on Railroad Street and features a playground, playing field and basketball court.Forest City holds an annual festival every year called 'Old Home Week'. The week-long festival features local bands, arts and crafts, carnival games, festival food, and a fireworks display. The event also includes two parades, various contests for children, and a pierogi eating contest. Education Forest City Regional School District is a K-12 school that draws over 1,000 students from a 10-mile radius.[citation needed]