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Forty Fort

borough in northeastern Luzerne, County, Pennsylvania
Administrative Area Borough of Pennsylvania Q1131872
Forty Fort
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Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
borough of Pennsylvania
Inception
1887[12]
Official website
www.fortyfort.org[14]
Official name
Forty Fort[19]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.283°, -75.873°, 🗺️ 41.279°, -75.878°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Luzerne County[2]
Shares border with
Wyoming, Swoyersville, Pringle, Plains Township, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Population and size

Area
+1.57, +4.07705[22][23]
Elevation above sea level
+551[21]
Population
4.2k (4.2k–4.6k, n=4)[15][16][17][18]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,579 · 4,214 · 4,192 · 4,239 GeoNames 4,126 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
570[11]
More facts +6
Basic form of government
district council[10]
Number of households
+1605[20]
Per capita income
+31354[26]
Significant event
first settlement[13]
Water area
+0.676046[25]
Water as percent of area
+16.5817[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Forty Fort en Forty Fort, PA en Forty Fort, Pennsylvania ja フォーティー・フォート ja フォーティ・フォート uk Форті-Форт
🔖 Identifiers · 10
ArchINFORM location ID
27695
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Forty-Fort
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
42-26880
Freebase ID
/m/0_3z8
GNIS Feature ID
1215389, 1175026
GeoNames ID
5190115
OpenStreetMap relation ID
187955
Quora topic ID
Forty-Fort-Pennsylvania
WOEID
2406118
Who's on First ID
101717029

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 6
Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Wyoming, Swoyersville, Pringle, Plains Township
← Shares border with 6
Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Wyoming, Swoyersville, Pringle, Plains Township
Located in time zone 2
UTC−04:00, Eastern Time Zone
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
borough of Pennsylvania
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Luzerne County
People born here 1
Mitchell Jenkins
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Summary

Forty Fort is a borough of Pennsylvania[1].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water area → 0.676046 square kilometre
    Basic form of government → district council
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Luzerne County
    Official website → http://www.fortyfort.org
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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