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Introduction ...

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

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

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Forest (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Forest. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Forest is historic, it would have been located within present day Richland County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox & Morrow.

Below are the counties that are near Forest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest:

  • Richland County     (The home county of Forest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Plymouth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Plymouth is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
    • Shiloh
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shelby
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Vernon Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
    • Ganges
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ganges is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
    • Bethlehem
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bethlehem is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
    • Shenandoah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Shenandoah is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Maybee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Maybee is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
    • Ontario
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Olivesburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Olivesburg is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
    • Alta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Alta is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
    • Mansfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanley Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hanley Village is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Village
  • Ashland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Ruggles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Ruggles is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
    • Savannah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bailey Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Ashland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Nova
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mifflin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mifflin is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Polk
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Polk is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
    • Hayesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hayesville is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
    • Albion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Albion is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Jeromesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Redhaw
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Redhaw is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
    • McKay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • McKay is located in Ashland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
    • Perrysville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Champaign County
    • Rochester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rochester is located in Champaign County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Tiro
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tiro is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiro <2>
    • North Auburn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Auburn is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • New Washington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Crestline
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Leesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Leesville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Chatfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Chatfield is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
    • North Robinson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Robinson is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Galion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Broken Sword
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
      • Broken Sword has also been known as:
      • Bloody Corners
      • Porterville
      • Wingarts Corners
      • Wingert Corners
      • Wingerts Corners
    • Bucyrus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Benton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Benton is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Lemert
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lemert is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
    • Oceola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Oceola is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Milan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Berlinville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Berlinville is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
    • North Milan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • North Milan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
    • Avery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Avery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Berlin Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Shinrock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Shinrock is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
    • Florence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Florence is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Bogart
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bogart is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
  • Huron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • New Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • New Haven is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
    • Celeryville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Celeryville is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
    • Coble Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Coble Village is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
    • Delphi
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Delphi is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
    • Willard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Steuben
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Steuben is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
    • Greenwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Fairfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • North Fairfield is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
    • Fitchville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fitchville is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchville
    • Peru
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Peru is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • Olena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Olena is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
    • New London
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Hartland is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Batemantown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Batemantown is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batemantown
    • Palmyra
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Palmyra is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
  • Lorain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Rochester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Rochester is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
    • Brighton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brighton is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Huntington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Huntington is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Wellington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kipton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kipton is located in Lorain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Martel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Martel is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
    • Caledonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Medina County
    • Homer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Homer is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Morrow County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Blooming Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Iberia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Iberia is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
    • West Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • West Point is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
    • Edison
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Gilead
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Sandusky County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Bellevue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Clyde
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clyde is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <2>
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Attica
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Caroline
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Caroline is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
    • Carrothers
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Carrothers is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
    • Attica Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
    • Omar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Omar is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
    • Scipio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Scipio is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
    • Bloomville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • West Lodi
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Lodi is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
    • Republic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Melmore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Melmore is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
    • Tiffin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Watson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Watson is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson has also been known as:
      • Watson Station
      • Watsons Station
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Lattasburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
    • West Salem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Wyandot County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.
    • Duenquat
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
    • Nevada
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
    • Belle Vernon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
    • Mexico
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mexico is located in Wyandot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
    • Wyandot
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest, see our County-by-County Page for Forest.

Cemeteries Near Forest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Forest - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Trauger Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Springmill Mennonite Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Rest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Green Lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hanna Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazel Brush Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Brush Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Brush Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Shelby.
  • Shiloh Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • New Haven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Myers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (501 more) ...
    • Shelby - Oakland Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dunkard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Salem Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Forest itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest, with the one closest to Forest listed first.

  • Plymouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
  • Shelby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shiloh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Tiro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tiro is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiro <2>
  • New Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Haven is located in Huron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • North Auburn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Auburn is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
  • Vernon Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
  • Ganges
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ganges is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
  • Bethlehem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bethlehem is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
  • New Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Biddle ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Biddle is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle
  • Toledo Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Toledo Junction is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Junction
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Shenandoah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Shenandoah is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Greenwich
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Steuben
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Steuben is located in Huron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest.

Newspapers Published in Forest ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forest.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Forest:

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 Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.