Editing Forest City, Missouri

{{Short description|City in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| official_name            = Forest City, Missouri
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Missouri]]
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Holt County, Missouri|Holt]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Missouri|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Forest Township, Holt County, Missouri|Forest]]
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| population_total         = 243
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| postal_code              = 64451
| area_code                = [[Area code 660|660]]
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'''Forest City''' is a city in [[Holt County, Missouri|Holt County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 243 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2925066|access-date=2021-12-16|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Forest City was [[plat]]ted on May 16, 1857,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA92 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=92| isbn=9780826210210 }}</ref> with later additions being filed in 1868.<ref name="GH">{{cite book | title=Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981 | publisher=Holt County Missouri Historical Society | author=Derr, Eileen | year=1981}}</ref> The city was named from the dense forest near the original the town site.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n71 174]}}</ref> A post office called Forest City has been in operation since 1857.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Holt | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=8 October 2016}}</ref> The town was incorporated in 1861<ref name="GH"/> and has also been spelled 'Forrest'.<ref name="1860map">{{cite web|url=https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/282723|publisher=S. Augustus Mitchell 1860|last=Gamble|first=William H.|title=County map of the states of Iowa and Missouri, 1860|website=Iowa Digital Library|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref><ref name="arch">{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68487045?objectPage=583|title=Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Henry - Howell|website=National Archves Catalog|access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>

[[City Hall (Forest City, Missouri)|City Hall]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Forest City was originally located on the bank of the Missouri River<ref name="1861map">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4160.cw0296300/?r=0.055,0.08,0.142,0.068,0|publisher=New York, Louisville, [and] London, J. T. Lloyd, 1861|last=Lloyd|first=James T.|title=Lloyd's official map of Missouri|website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref> but the river receded westward, and it now lies over 2.5 miles away.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 350
|1870= 676
|1880= 421
|1890= 428
|1900= 632
|1910= 634
|1920= 593
|1930= 504
|1940= 548
|1950= 484
|1960= 435
|1970= 365
|1980= 387
|1990= 380
|2000= 338
|2010= 268
|2020= 243
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref> of 2010, there were 268 people, 117 households, and 70 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|270.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|148.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 117 households, of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.2% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 43.8 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.6% were from 25 to 44; 31.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.4% male and 46.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 338 people, 139 households, and 91 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|346.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 148 housing units at an average density of {{convert|151.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.89% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.59% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 2.37% from two or more races.

There were 139 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the city the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,016, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $25,893 versus $16,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,671. About 1.0% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* Historic maps of Forest City in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138795 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]

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