Ford City, Pennsylvania Ford City, Pennsylvania Ford City, Pennsylvania (8481 - 100785).jpg Ford City is positioned in Pennsylvania Ford City - Ford City Ford City is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Allegheny River and 4 miles (6 km) south of Kittanning, the county seat.
The populace of Ford City at the 2010 census was 2,991. Ford City was established in 1887 as a business town by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (now PPG Industries) as the site for its Works No.
PPG shut down its Ford City operations in the 1990s.
The once biggest employer in Armstrong County, Eljer Plumbing, shut down its Ford City plant in 2008.
In 1900, 2,870 citizens resided in Ford City borough proper; in 1910, 4,850 citizens lived there; in 1930, 6,127; and, in 1940, 5,795.
Ford City is positioned at 40 46 17 N 79 31 48 W (40.771410, -79.529906). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km2), of which 0.66 square miles (1.7 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 15.28%, is water. In the borough the populace was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Ford City has its own elementary school.
In the past it had its own high school, Ford City JRSRHS.
During the early 1990s, Ford City students attended the same school as students from close-by Kittanning.
Currently, students in the Ford City region attend Lenape Elementary from kindergarten through sixth grade.
It is positioned at 2300 Center Avenue, Ford City.
The Town's last school, Ford City JR/SR High School did not have a separate junior high school.
Unlike the elementary school, the high school was positioned in Ford City's "downtown" region at 1100 Fourth Avenue, Ford City.
According to the Ford City High School Alumni Association , FCHS opened its doors in 1909, awarding diplomas to its first graduating class of 4 students on May 10, 1910.
In addition to the town's elementary and high school, two additional schools are positioned in the area.
Furthermore, the area's only Catholic elementary school, Divine Redeemer, is positioned on 4th Avenue in downtown Ford City.
2) that consisted of a visit to the Mantini Funeral Home in Ford City as well as a several other locations owned by the Mantini brothers.
The final stop in Ford City was the picking of a defunct store owned by a dyspeptic elderly man titled Aldo.
Several scenes of the 2009 horror film My Bloody Valentine 3 - D were shot in Ford City.
Ford City is one setting for the 1983 novel A Country Such as This by James H.
A pictorial history, Around Ford City (2008), was written by William L.
Ford City was the setting for a scene in Episode 7 of NBC's apocalyptic tv series Revolution, which aired in November 2012.
The chief characters then decide to attempt a bridge crossing in Ford City, but are again unsuccessful.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ford City, Pennsylvania.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ford City borough, Pennsylvania".
Ford City, Pennsylvania 1887 1962: The First Seventy-Five Years of Our Town.
Ford City: The Ford City Public Library.
Borough of Ford City official website
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