Forbestown (formerly, Boles Dry Diggins and Forbes Diggins) is a

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in Butte County,

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. It lies at an elevation of 2772 feet (845 m). Its zip code is 95941 and its area code is 530. Forbestown had a population of 396 at the 2020 census. Forbestown is named for B.F. Forbes, who opened a store there in 1850. The post office was established in 1854, closed in 1925, and re-opened in 1936. Forbestown's heyday was the last half of the nineteenth century, when it was a large mining center. By the late 1930s, it was nearly a ghost town. The site has foundations and debris from its mining era.

Demographics

Forbestown first appeared as a

in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Forbestown had a population of 396. The population density was . The racial makeup of Forbestown was 310 (78.3%)

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, 4 (1.0%)

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, 14 (3.5%) Native American, 2 (0.5%) Asian, 1 (0.3%)

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, 12 (3.0%) from other races, and 53 (13.4%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 45 persons (11.4%). The whole population lived in households. There were 163 households, out of which 35 (21.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 72 (44.2%) were married-couple households, 10 (6.1%) were

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couple households, 35 (21.5%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 46 (28.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 55 households (33.7%) were one person, and 37 (22.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43. There were 99

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(60.7% of all households). The age distribution was 96 people (24.2%) under the age of 18, 23 people (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 72 people (18.2%) aged 25 to 44, 120 people (30.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 85 people (21.5%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 48.2years. For every 100 females, there were 131.6 males. There were 188 housing units at an average density of , of which 163 (86.7%) were occupied. Of these, 145 (89.0%) were owner-occupied, and 18 (11.0%) were occupied by renters.

Government

In the

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, Forbestown is in , and . In the

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, Forbestown is in .

Education

It is in the Marysville Joint Unified School District.
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Gallery

File:Forbestown Masonic Lodge (2025)-L1007542.jpg, The Forbestown Masonic Lodge in July 2025 File:Forbestown Masonic Lodge (2025)-L1007490.jpg, Sign on the front façade of the Masonic Lodge File:Forbestown Cemetery (2025)-L1007526.jpg, Grave of a German immigrant on the old pioneer cemetery File:Forbestown Cemetery (2025)-L1007523.jpg, Graves on the old pioneer cemetery

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Butte County, California Census-designated places in California

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