Forest Park
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city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Clayton
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Angelyne Butler, MPA
- City manager
- Ricky L. Clark, Jr.
- Total
- 9.37 sq mi (24.27 km )
- Land
- 9.31 sq mi (24.11 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km )
- Elevation
- 988 ft (301 m)
- Density
- 2,141.0/sq mi (826.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 30297-30298
- Area codes
- 404 / 678/470
- Fips code
- 13-30536
- Gnis feature id
- 0331743
- Website
- https://www.forestparkga.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1908
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Status
- Withdrawn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Forest Park
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clayton County
- Population
- 19932
- Area
- 24.182436
- Elevation
- 301
- Official website
- forestparkga.org
- Image
- Forest Park, Georgia City Hall.JPG
- Households
- 7052
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- postal code
- 30298
- Commons category
- Forest Park, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 0.6569
- different from
- Forest Park
- per capita income
- 17413
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Encyclopedic overview
Forest Park is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. It is located approximately nine miles (14 km) south of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,932.
In the 1800s, Forest Park was named Stump Town, due to the large number of stumps left behind from trees being cut for fuel for the trains passing to and from Atlanta. After being charted and incorporated in 1908, it became known as several names, such as Quick Station, Aster, and Forrest Station. Until the 1950s, Forest Park was spelled with two "R's" instead of just one.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forest Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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