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Welcome to Forreston ...Forreston is located Forreston is located in Ellis County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forreston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Forreston is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Forreston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Forreston: (214), (469)<3> and (972) The ZIP code for Forreston: 76041<4> Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Forreston - they are located in Illinois and Mississippi. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forreston. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forreston. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Forreston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forreston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forreston. 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 Forreston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forreston. See our Newspapers Page for Forreston. Looking for more information about Forreston? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Forreston, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Forreston. We originally found mention of Forreston 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 Forreston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Forreston.
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