Forestburg, South Dakota

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_name1 = South Dakota

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|subdivision_name2 = Sanborn

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='46'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}

|area_total_km2 = 1.37

|area_land_km2 = 1.37

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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.53

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 54

|population_density_km2 = 39.32

|population_density_sq_mi = 101.89

|timezone = Central (CST)

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|elevation_ft = 1227

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 57314

|area_code = 605

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|blank_info = 46-22100

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|blank1_info = 2584553{{GNIS|2584553}}

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Forestburg is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Sanborn County, South Dakota, United States.{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12837| title= Profile for Forestburg, South Dakota, SD| publisher= Podunk| accessdate= October 3, 2012| archive-date= February 9, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130209133357/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12837| url-status= dead}} The population was 54 at the 2020 census.{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau: Forestburg CDP, South Dakota |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4622100 |website=www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=28 January 2022 |language=en}}

The community was named for a tract of forest near the original town site.{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=South Dakota place-names, v.1-3|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=107|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160916102847/http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027015455;view=1up;seq=107|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-09-16|year=1940|publisher=University of South Dakota|page=37}}