Do you know of Forbes ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Forbes. 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 Forbes.<1>

We found mention of Forbes as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Communities Also Named Forbes ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Forbes.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Forbes.

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

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Buckingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Forbes [Buckingham County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Marin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Forbes [Marin County].
- Colorado
  - Las Animas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Forbes [Las Animas County].
- Kentucky
  - Lawrence County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Forbes [Lawrence County].
- Maine
  - Waldo County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Forbes [Waldo County].
- Massachusetts
  - Suffolk County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Forbes [Suffolk County].
- Minnesota
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Forbes [Saint Louis County].
- Missouri
  - Holt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Forbes [Holt County].
- North Carolina
  - Mitchell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Forbes [Mitchell County].
- North Dakota
  - Dickey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Forbes [Dickey County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Forbes.
- Texas
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Forbes [Jasper County].
- Washington
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Forbes [Mason County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Forbes ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Forbes - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Forbes could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.