Forrest City, Arkansas
Forrest City, Arkansas | |
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| Motto(s): One Forrest City, moving forward, one step at a time | |
Location of Forrest City in St. Francis County, Arkansas | |
| Coordinates: 35°00′20″N 90°47′19″W / 35.00556°N 90.78861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | St. Francis |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.31 sq mi (52.60 km2) |
| • Land | 20.24 sq mi (52.43 km2) |
| • Water | 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,015 |
• Estimate (2024) | 12,340 |
| • Density | 642.9/sq mi (248.22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 72335 |
| FIPS code | 05-24430 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403637 |
| Website | cityofforrestcityar |
Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Shortly after the end of the Civil War, he had a construction crew camped here, who were completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock. As of the 2020 census, Forrest City had a population of 13,015. The city identifies as the "Jewel of the Delta".