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Welcome to Mount Forest ...

Mount Forest is located in Bay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Forest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Forest: Mt. Forest

Mount Forest is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Forest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mount Forest: 989

Communities Also Named Mount Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mount Forest - they are located in Illinois and Ontario.

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

Communities near Mount Forest ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Forest ...

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

Adding Mount Forest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Forest 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 Mount Forest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mount Forest post office opened in 1888. The Mount Forest post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/