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4,117
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$51,280
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America/Chicago
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Forest City, IA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Forest City a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Forest City Home page. The Forest City Home page provides as much information as possible on Forest City. Knowing Forest City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Forest City’s Home page, you will also find Forest City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Forest City has a population of 4117. 49.5% of Forest City’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.5 are female. 40.3% of Forest City is married and 74.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $89,618, and the average rent is $578. Household median income in Forest City is $51,280, and the individual median income is $27,090. Forest City’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.7%), Hispanic(6.6%), Asian(2.9%), Black(2.3%), Other(1.9%), Multiple(1.4%), Native(0.7%).
Forest City was officially founded in 1855. Formerly known as “Puckerbrush”, Robert Clark the official founder/surveyor deemed it “Forest City” because it was cut right out of the trees. It was then platted in 1856, and later incorporated on June 14, 1878. The population started to grow when immigrants from Sweden and Norway settled in the Forest City because of the similar topography.
Its growth continued when city leaders convinced Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad to come to Forest City. Although the Civil War stunted the city’s growth, many immigrants found the city attractive. Later on churches, banks, a college (Waldorf University), electricity, and the telephone turned Forest City into an ideal country town.
Then in 1960, investors took over a failing travel trailer factory and created Winnebago Industries causing the population to grow exponentially. Winnebago's corporate headquarters were later relocated to Eden Prairie, Minnesota causing the population to decline. Today, Forest City’s population is around 4,200.
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