Welcome to Forestdale ...

So far, we found very little information about Forestdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Forestdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Forestdale - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Forestdale, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Forestdale , we believe that it would have been located within present day Clarke County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forestdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Time Zone: The area where Forestdale was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Forestdale ...

While we believe that this Forestdale is located in Clarke County, we know of another 2 Alabama communities named Forestdale. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jefferson and Lee County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 13 communities that are also named Forestdale - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Adding Forestdale to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Forestdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Forestdale post office opened in 1905.

We also found Forestdale on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forestdale.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forestdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/