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Welcome to Forest Drive ...

Forest Drive is located in Stanly County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Forest Drive: Forest Dr.

Forest Drive is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Forest Drive: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Forest Drive ...

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

  • Troy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Troy is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Locust
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Rockwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Badin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Denton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Stanfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Gilead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest Drive ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stanly, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forest Drive - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Forest Drive area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Forest Drive 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.