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Welcome to Forney ...

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

We've added Forney to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Forney, please Contact Us.

Forney would have been located within present day Swain County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forney, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908. The community was inundated by Fontana Lake.

Time Zone: The area where Forney was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Forney was located: 828

Communities Also Named Forney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Forney - they are located in Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.

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

Communities near Forney ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Forney to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Forney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Forney post office opened in 1908.

We also found Forney on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forney.

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 Forney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Swain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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