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Welcome to Forbing ...

Forbing is located in Caddo Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forbing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Forbing is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Forbing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Forbing: 318 & 457<3>

Communities near Forbing ...

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

  • Shreveport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bossier City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Haughton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blanchard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Stonewall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Keachi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Chateau Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
  • Normandy Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
  • Silver Pine Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forbing ...

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

Adding Forbing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Forbing post office opened in 1907. The Forbing post office closed in 1981.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forbing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Caddo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forbing - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Forbing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Forbing 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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