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Welcome to Forest Glen ...

Forest Glen is located in Trinity County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest Glen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

A typical abbreviation for Forest Glen: Forest Gln.

Forest Glen is 2,270 feet [692 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Forest Glen is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Forest Glen lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Forest Glen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Forest Glen - they are located in Connecticut, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York (2), Nova Scotia (4), Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Forest Glen ...

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

  • Ruth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • McClellan Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McClellan Place. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClellan Place
    • McClellan Place is located in Trinity County
  • Peanut
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
    • Peanut is located in Trinity County
  • Hayfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wildwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Zenia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dinsmore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
    • Dinsmore is located in Humboldt County
  • Blocksburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Knob
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Knob. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Shasta County
    • Knob has also been known as:
    • Knob Gulch
  • Hyampom
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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 Glen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest Glen.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forest Glen. 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 Glen.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Glen ...

Looking for more information about Forest Glen? 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 Glen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Forest Glen.

Adding Forest Glen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Forest Glen 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 Glen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Forest Glen post office opened in 1920.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Trinity, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Glen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/