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Welcome to Cedar Forest ...

Cedar Forest is located in Pittsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Forest, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Forest: Cedar Frst.

Cedar Forest is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cedar Forest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cedar Forest: 434

Communities near Cedar Forest ...

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

  • Altavista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hurt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <3>
  • Gretna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
  • Brookneal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cody
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cody is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Renan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan
  • Gladys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Brutus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
  • Leda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Leda is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leda
  • Rabat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rabat is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Forest ...

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

Adding Cedar Forest to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Forest post office opened in 1887. The Cedar Forest post office closed in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

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