Welcome to Forrester ...

So far, we found very little information about Forrester. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Forrester to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Forrester - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Forrester, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Forrester , we believe that it would have been located within present day Ness County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forrester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Time Zone: The area where Forrester was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Forrester still existed, it would have been in the (785) area code.

Communities Also Named Forrester ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Forrester - they are located in Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Adding Forrester to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Forrester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Forrester post office opened in 1879.

We also found Forrester in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forrester.

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 Forrester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ness, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/