Welcome to Forbes ...So far, we found very little information about Forbes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Forbes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Forbes, please Contact Us. Forbes would have been located within present day Las Animas County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forbes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. While the community is gone, the present day location for Forbes is 6,510 feet [1,984 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Forbes is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Forbes was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Forbes was located: 719 Communities Also Named Forbes ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Forbes - they are located in California, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Forbes. Communities near Forbes ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Forbes.
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 Forbes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forbes. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Forbes. 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 Forbes. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Forbes. See our Newspapers Page for Forbes. Adding Forbes to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Forbes in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Forbes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Forbes. Footnotes ...
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