Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Forrest in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Forrest. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Forrest listed first.
- Risk
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Risk is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risk
- Fairbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chatsworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Charlotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Charlotte is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Saunemin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lodemia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodemia is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodemia
- Cropsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McDowell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDowell is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Eylar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eylar is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eylar
- Sibley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rugby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rugby is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Piper City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cullom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griswold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Griswold is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Scovel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scovel is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scovel
- Weston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Swygert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swygert is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swygert
- Anchor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ocoya
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ocoya is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocoya
- Melvin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kempton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Emington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Pontiac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pontiac is also located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pontiac <2>
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 Forrest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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