Ford City, Pennsylvania

Ford City is a borough located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Pittsburgh. Ford city is in an agricultural and coal-mining region, however, coal-mining is seldom seen thereabouts any longer. The place lies within the well-known Rust Belt. In 1900, 2,870 people resided in Ford City; in 1910, 4,850 people lived there; and in 1940, 5,795 of them lived there. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 3,451. It was founded as a company town in 1887 by John Baptist Ford (1811-1903) to house Works No. 3 of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, now known as PPG Industries.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Pospishil, Victor J. (Ed.) | Title=Ford City, Pennsylvania 1887-1962: The First Seventy-Five Years of Our Town | Publisher=Ford City: The Ford City Public Library | Year=1962 | ID=ISBN None}}