Forest City, Missouri

About Forest City

Forest City is a tiny community in northwestern Missouri with an estimated population of 248.

Forest City holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.98 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 253 residents per square mile.

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What Makes Forest City Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Forest City — but the Missouri one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in northwestern Missouri, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Missouri — one of 1,082 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

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