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Welcome to Forney ...

Forney is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Forney is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Forney: 580

Communities Also Named Forney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Forney - they are located in Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, 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.

  • Hugo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <3>
  • Antlers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Boswell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Fort Towson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sawyer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Rattan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Soper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Razor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Razor is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
  • Chicota
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forney ...

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

Adding Forney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Forney post office opened in 1903. The Forney post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Forney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Forney - 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/