Force, Pennsylvania

Force, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
U.S. Post Office, Force, PA, April 2012
U.S. Post Office, Force, PA, April 2012
Force is located in Pennsylvania
Force
Force
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Force is located in the United States
Force
Force
Force (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°15′28″N 78°30′04″W / 41.25778°N 78.50111°W / 41.25778; -78.50111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyElk
TownshipJay
Area
[1]
 • Total0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)
 • Land0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
1,240 ft (380 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total213
 • Density1,000.00/sq mi (386.48/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
15841
Area code814
FIPS code42-26504

Force is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jay Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 213.[3][4] It is located on Pennsylvania Route 255 between St. Marys and Penfield.[5]

The community has the name of Jack Force, a frontiersman.[6]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ https://data.census.gov/table?q=Force+CDP;+Pennsylvania [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Force CDP, Pennsylvania". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Force, Pennsylvania
  6. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 52.