Forty Fort

borough in northeastern Luzerne, County, Pennsylvania
AdministrativeArea borough_of_pennsylvania Q1131872
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Forty Fort

Summary

Forty Fort is a borough of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (borough_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #127 of 949).[2]

Key Facts

  • Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County[3].
  • Forty Fort is in the country of United States[4].
  • Forty Fort's image is recorded as Forty Fort Borough Hall No C c 1925.JPG[5].
  • Forty Fort's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[6].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Wyoming[7].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Swoyersville[8].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Pringle[9].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Plains Township[10].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Wilkes-Barre[11].
  • Forty Fort's shares border with is recorded as Kingston[12].
  • Forty Fort's basic form of government is recorded as district council[13].
  • Forty Fort's locator map image is recorded as Luzerne County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Forty Fort Highlighted.svg[14].
  • Forty Fort's Commons category is recorded as Forty Fort, Pennsylvania[15].
  • Forty Fort's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 187955[16].
  • Forty Fort's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[17].
  • Forty Fort's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[18].
  • Forty Fort's local dialing code is recorded as 570[19].
  • +1887-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Forty Fort[20].
  • Forty Fort's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1215389[21].
  • Forty Fort's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1175026[22].
  • Forty Fort's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.2833, 'lon': -75.8733}[23].
  • Forty Fort's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.27897, 'lon': -75.87825}[24].
  • Forty Fort's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_3z8[25].
  • Forty Fort's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 42-26880[26].
  • Forty Fort's significant event is recorded as first settlement[27].

Body

Geography

Forty Fort is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Luzerne County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+1.57'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.07705'}[29]. Forty Fort's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+551'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4579'}[31], {'amount': '+4214'}[32], {'amount': '+4192'}[33], and {'amount': '+4239'}[34].

Designation and Status

Forty Fort's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[6].

History and Context

+1887-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Forty Fort[20].

Why It Matters

Forty Fort draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (borough_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #127 of 949).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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