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Welcome to Forest City ...

Forest City is located in Seminole County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Forest City is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Forest City: 407 & 321<3>

Communities Also Named Forest City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Forest City: This one is located in Seminole County and the other is located in Orange County.

Beyond Florida, there are 19 communities that are also named Forest City - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Forest City ...

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

  • Orlando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sanford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Apopka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ocoee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoee
    • Ocoee is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocoee <4>
  • Winter Garden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Altamonte Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oviedo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oviedo
    • Oviedo is located in Seminole County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oviedo <4>
  • Winter Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Winter Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Casselberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest City ...

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

Adding Forest City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Forest City post office opened in 1884.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Seminole, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 407 code has been Overlayed with the 321 area code. New phone numbers in the Forest City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 407 or 321. As a result, placing a call in the Forest City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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