Forestville Pennsylvania Map

About Forestville, Pennsylvania

Forestville is a locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 399. The population density is 170.0 people per km². Forestville is located at 40.6923°N, 76.3013°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16035, 16038, 17901.

Forestville emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Pennsylvania interior, a place where the light at dusk catches the silvered bark of hardwoods and turns the sprawling fields into vast, amber-colored expanses. It lies 12.4 miles south-southwest of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-northeast of Calvert. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic subsidence of land toward the East Branch Big Elk Creek, a waterway that cuts a steady, dark line through the soil just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the horizon holds the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, their peaks softened by miles of atmosphere into a faint, violet bruise against the sky. A mere six miles away, the waters of Octoraro Lake settle into a deep, reflective silence, while the twelve-mile proximity to William Penn State Forest and the low, hushed cradle of Green Valley ensures that the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling leaves.

Forestville carries the weight of a long-settled existence, its history etched into the sturdy brick foundations of modest homes and the quiet, industrial ghosts of a region once defined by agrarian labor. Local life revolves around the steady, unassuming pace of Barnard Park, a local space where the grass grows thick and the morning air feels sharp enough to splinter against the lungs. The economy here remains tethered to the land and the small, persistent trades that have sustained the inhabitants for generations, favoring the slow accumulation of craft over the frantic pulse of the modern city. Even as the hours slip by, the character of Forestville remains fixed in the amber of its own legacy, a collection of streets and porches where the sound of wind through the trees often outlasts the hum of passing traffic.

About This Forestville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Forestville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.692311, -76.301338. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Forestville includes the ZIP code (16035, 16038, 17901), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Chester County (West Chester), and school district assignment (Minersville Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.