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Welcome to Forest City ...

Forest City is located in Potter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Forest City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Forest City is 1,850 feet [564 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Forest City (for example, toward North Eagle Butte), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Forest City: 605

Communities Also Named Forest City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Forest City - they are located in Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Forest City ...

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

  • Gettysburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Marksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marksville is located in Dewey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 771 people
  • La Plant
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • La Plant is located in Dewey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plant
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 171 people
  • Agar
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Onida
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Akaska
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Okobojo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Okobojo is located in Sully County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okobojo
  • Ridgeview
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Lowry
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowry is located in Walworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 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 City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Forest City.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Forest City ...

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

Adding Forest City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Forest City in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Forest City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Forest City post office opened in 1884. The Forest City post office closed in 1943.

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

Footnotes ...

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