Forsyth
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county seat of Monroe County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Monroe
- Mayor
- Eric S. Wilson
- Total
- 5.91 sq mi (15.30 km )
- Land
- 5.90 sq mi (15.29 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 719 ft (219 m)
- Density
- 742.4/sq mi (286.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-30732
- Gnis feature id
- 0331748
- Website
- cityofforsyth.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Forsyth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monroe County
- Population
- 4384
- Area
- 15.268748
- Elevation
- 219
- Capital of
- Monroe County
- Official website
- www.cityofforsyth.com
- Image
- Forsyth City Hall.jpg
- Households
- 1864
- Dialing code
- 478
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- Commons category
- Forsyth, Georgia
- postal code
- 31029
- different from
- Forsyth County
- water as percent of area
- 0.0739
- per capita income
- 28276
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Forsyth is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,384 at the 2020 census, up from 3,788 in 2010. Forsyth is part of the Macon metropolitan statistical area.
The Forsyth Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a tourist attraction. It includes the Monroe County Courthouse and Courthouse Square as well as the surrounding area, including several examples of 19th-century architecture. Forsyth is also home to the Confederate Cemetery, Tift College, and Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forsyth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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