Welcome to Forest City ...So far, we found very little information about Forest City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Forest City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Forest City, please Contact Us. Forest City would have been located within present day Barber County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. While the community is gone, the present day location for Forest City is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Forest City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Forest City was located: 620 Communities Also Named Forest City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Forest City: This one is located in Barber County and the other is located in Russell County. Beyond Kansas, there are 32 communities that are also named Forest City - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana (2), Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina (3), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia 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.
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. 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 (so far) for Forest City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest City. Footnotes ...
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