| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
| Forty Fort |
| Forty Fort, borough (1990 pop. 5,049), Luzerne co., NE central Pa., residential suburb 2 mi/3.2 km NNE of Wilkes-Barre, on Susquehanna R. (bridged). Light mfg. Settled 1772 on site of Colonial fort in the Wyoming Valley. Settlers made last stand here in Wyoming Valley massacre, 1778. |
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