Welcome to Forest Home ...

Forest Home is located in Tompkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest Home, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Forest Home is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forest Home lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Forest Home is located in the (607) area code.

Websites for Forest Home ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Forest Home, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Forest Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Forest Home - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forest Home.

Communities near Forest Home ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forest Home.

• Cortland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <3>
• Homer
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <3>
• Groton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Groton is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <3>
• Dryden
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
  • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <3>
• Trumansburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumansburg
  • Trumansburg is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumansburg <3>
• Moravia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Moravia is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moravia <3>
• Candor
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
  • Candor is located in Tioga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Candor <3>
• Spencer
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Tioga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <3>
• Interlaken
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
  • Interlaken is located in Seneca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <3>
• Odessa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odessa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
  • Odessa is located in Schuyler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odessa <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forest Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Home.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Home. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Home.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Home. See our Newspapers Page for Forest Home.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Home ...

Looking for more information about Forest Home? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Forest Home, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Home.

Adding Forest Home to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Forest Home in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Forest Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Forest Home post office opened in 1876.

We also found Forest Home in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest Home.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/