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Welcome to Preston Forest ...

Preston Forest is located in Montgomery County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Preston Forest: Preston Frst.

Preston Forest is 2,560 feet [780 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Preston Forest is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Preston Forest: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Preston Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Preston Forest - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Websites for Preston Forest ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Preston Forest, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Preston Forest ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Christiansburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Radford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearisburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pembroke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Huffman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Huffman is located in Craig County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
  • Newport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Newport is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Ellett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ellett is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
  • Merrimac
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Merrimac is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Preston Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Preston Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Preston Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Preston Forest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.