# Forest, Indiana

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Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Indiana, United States

Forest Unincorporated community and Census-designated place Forest Coordinates: 40°22′30″N 86°19′57″W / 40.37500°N 86.33250°W / 40.37500; -86.33250 Country United States State Indiana County Clinton Township Forest Founded 1 September 1874 Elevation [1] 883 ft (269 m) ZIP code 46039 FIPS code 18-23926[2] GNIS feature ID 2830342[1]

**Forest** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Forest Township](/source/Forest_Township%2C_Clinton_County%2C_Indiana), [Clinton County](/source/Clinton_County%2C_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana).

## History

The town of Forest was [platted](/source/Plat) on September 1, 1874, by Henry Y. Morrison to serve as a station along the [Frankfort and Kokomo Railroad](/source/Frankfort_and_Kokomo_Railroad) (later the [Clover Leaf](/source/Toledo%2C_St._Louis_and_Western_Railroad) Railroad). The town's name was given because the site was forested, and the first railroad tickets sold there were issued from an oak stump used as a ticket counter. The town gained a post office in 1877 with C. G. R. Sims as the first postmaster.

The residents of Forest supported the [Temperance movement](/source/Temperance_movement), as a county history describes:

A reckless man undertook to establish a saloon here in the spring of 1886, despite the protests of the citizens, but after his building had been blown up with dynamite he decided to seek another location.

As of circa 1913, the town had "about four hundred" inhabitants and considerable activity, including a bank (Citizens), three churches ([Baptist](/source/Baptist), [Methodist](/source/Methodist) and [Christian Holiness](/source/Christian_Holiness_Partnership)), and a number of lodges and fraternal organizations, including the [Odd Fellows](/source/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows) (172 men) and [Rebekahs](/source/International_Association_of_Rebekah_Assemblies) (58 women), [Knights of Pythias](/source/Knights_of_Pythias) (77 members), [Masons](/source/Freemasonry) (70), [Improved Order of Red Men](/source/Improved_Order_of_Red_Men) (48) and [Modern Woodmen of America](/source/Modern_Woodmen_of_America) (26).[3] As of 2016, Forest has much less considerable activity with only the post office and three churches still running.

## Demographics

The [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau) first delineated Forest as a [census designated place](/source/Census_designated_place) in the 2022 [American Community Survey](/source/American_Community_Survey).[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_1-1) [U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest, Indiana](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2830342)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GR2_2-0)** ["U.S. Census website"](https://www.census.gov). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved January 31, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hcc_3-0)** Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Forest Township". [*History of Clinton County, Indiana*](https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton02clay). Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["2022 Geography Changes"](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau).

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