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>.
The location of Forest City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
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.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Forest City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Forest City would have been located in the (620) area code.
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.
- Medicine Lodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lodge
- Medicine Lodge is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lodge <5>
- Sharon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Sawyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Isabel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Coats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Nashville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Sun City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Sun City is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <5>
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- Elm Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Pixley
(14 miles [22.5 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.
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.<6>
From that list, the Forest City post office opened in 1908.
We also found Forest City on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Forest City.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 Forest City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Barber, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |