Do you know of Forest ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Forest. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Forest.
Our sources for Forest (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Forest other than they indicate that Forest would be found somewhere in Butler County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1899.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Forest ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Forest.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Forest.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Forest [Pickens County].
- Pickens County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sierra County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Forest [Sierra County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Forest [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Forest [Lewis County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Forest [Clinton County].
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Forest [Washington County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Forest [Scott County].
- New York
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Forest [Clinton County].
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Forest [Craven County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Forest.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Forest [Centre County].
- McKean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Forest [McKean County].
- South Carolina
- Dorchester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Forest [Dorchester County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Forest [Horry County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Forest [Richland County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Forest [Saint Croix County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Forest ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Forest:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Forest - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Butler County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Butler County.
| Bushy Creek | Odom |
| Corry's | Pontus |
| Dock | Rigsby |
| Dunham | Runnville |
| Ealums | South Butler |
| Earlton | Stringfellow |
| Edna | Summit |
| Emma | Sybil |
| Fort Worth | Till |
| Lamont | Urbanity |
| Lumber Mills | |
| Vanpelt | |
| Mussel | Virdie |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Forest could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |