Forest City, Indiana

Forest City
Unincorporated community
Forest City
Coordinates: 41°11′41″N 87°16′00″W / 41.19472°N 87.26667°W / 41.19472; -87.26667Coordinates: 41°11′41″N 87°16′00″W / 41.19472°N 87.26667°W / 41.19472; -87.26667
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jasper
Township	Keener
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
ZIP code	46310
FIPS code	18-23950[1]
GNIS feature ID	434647[2]

Forest City is an unincorporated community in Keener Township, Jasper County, Indiana. It was named for the native forest at the town site.^[3]

Geography

Forest City is located at 41°11′41″N 87°16′00″W / 41.19472°N 87.26667°W / 41.19472; -87.26667.

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Forest City, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...was so named because of the abundance of wild, uncultivated land and forest... 

Municipalities and communities of Jasper County, Indiana, United States County seat: Rensselaer City Rensselaer Towns DeMotte Remington Wheatfield Townships Barkley Carpenter Gillam Hanging Grove Jordan Kankakee Keener Marion Milroy Newton Union Walker Wheatfield CDPs Collegeville Roselawn‡ Other unincorporated communities Aix Asphaltum Baileys Corner Deer Park Dunns Bridge Egypt Fair Oaks Forest City Fountain Park Gifford Kersey Kniman Laura Lewiston McCoysburg Moody Newland Parr Pleasant Ridge Stoutsburg Surrey Tefft Virgie Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties