Forrest, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States

31°22′00″N 109°43′39″W / 31.36667°N 109.72750°W / 31.36667; -109.72750CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCochiseElevation

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4,196 ft (1,279 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-24180GNIS feature ID24420

Forrest was a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.^[2] It has an estimated elevation of 4,196 feet (1,279 m) above sea level.^[1]

Forrest was on the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and was named for a local old resident and rancher.^[3]

The Paul Lime Plant began operating nearby in 1918^[4] and the railway spur to there was renamed Paul's Spur.^[5] By the 1940s it was the largest lime producer in Southern Arizona.^[4]

Forrest had a post office that opened on May 8, 1914.^[3] Forrest School was twice destroyed by fire, once in 1915 and again in 1929 when it was replaced by a larger brick building.^[5] At one time up to 200 families lived nearby working in the lime plant.^[5] However following mechanisation the population dropped and the school closed in 1963.^[5] Forrest School District continued in existence organising transport to schools in Douglas.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Feature Detail Report for: Forrest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Forrest (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780816534951. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Eldred Dewey; Galbraith, Frederic Williams (1944), Arizona Nonmetallics: A Summary of Past Production and Present Operations, University of Arizona, pp. 24–40
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ellioit, Ruth D. (1974). "Forrest School" (PDF). The Chohise Quarterly. 4 (2&3). Cochise County Historical and Archaeological Society: 29–30.