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Forest County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- September 1, 1857
- Seat
- Tionesta
- Largest community
- Marienville
- Total
- 430 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 427 sq mi (1,110 km )
- Water
- 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,614
- Density
- 15.5/sq mi (6.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .co .forest .pa .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- forest
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Capital
- Tionesta
- Population
- 6973
- Area
- 1117
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Headquarters
- Tionesta
- Official website
- www.co.forest.pa.us
- Image
- Forest County Courthouse, Tionesta, from north.jpg
- Households
- 2131
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- different from
- Forrest County
- Commons category
- Forest County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Forest County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1857-09-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Forest County
- per capita income
- 17256
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Encyclopedic overview
Forest County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,973, making it the third-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Tionesta. The county was created in 1848 and later organized in 1857. The county is part of the North Central region of the commonwealth.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forest County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.