Do you know of Foreston ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Foreston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Foreston.

Our sources for Foreston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Foreston other than they indicate that Foreston would be found somewhere in Ellis County, Texas.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Foreston ...

We found four communities that share the name Foreston.

Within Texas, the name Foreston is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Foreston [Baltimore County].
  • Minnesota
    • Mille Lacs County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Foreston [Mille Lacs County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Foreston.
  • South Carolina
    • Clarendon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Foreston [Clarendon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Foreston ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Foreston:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Foreston - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

More Orphans in  Ellis County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Ellis County.