Forrest, Arizona

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

Forrest, Arizona
Populated place
Paul Lime Plant in 1972
Forrest
Location within the state of Arizona
Forrest
Forrest (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°22′00″N 109°43′39″W
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCochise
Elevation4,196 ft (1,279 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code(s)520
FIPS code04-24180
GNIS feature ID24420

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


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