Forrest may refer to:

Places

Australia

Forrest, Australian Capital Territory Forrest (Postcodes in Australia, postcode: 2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Forrest is named after John Forrest, Sir John Forrest, an explorer, legislator, Federalism in Australia, federalist, Premier of W ...

Forrest, Victoria Forrest was a town in the Otway Ranges, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Forrest had a population of 257. History The History of Forrest started more than 40,000 years ago. Forrest is at the northern end of the Otway Ranges. Histori ...

, a small rural township *

Division of Forrest The Division of Forrest is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistribu ...

, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia *

Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup. From ...

, Western Australia, an electoral district from 1904 to 1950 *

Forrest Land District The lands administrative divisions of Western Australia refer to subdivisions of the state of Western Australia for cadastre, cadastral (land title) purposes, most of which have been in place since the 19th century. The state is divided up for thi ...

, Western Australia, a cadastral division * Forrest, Western Australia, a small settlement and railway station ** Forrest Airport *

Forrest River The Forrest River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river rises just east of Pseudomys Hill in the Drysdale River National Park and flows in an easterly direction until discharging into the western arm of the Cambri ...

, Western Australia *

Forrest Highway Forrest Highway is a highway in Western Australia's Peel (Western Australia), Peel and South West (Western Australia), South West regions, extending Perth's Kwinana Freeway from east of Mandurah down to Bunbury, Western Australia, Bunbury. ...

, Western Australia

United States

Forrest, Illinois Forrest is a village (Illinois), village in Livingston County, Illinois, Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,220 at the 2010 census. Geography Forrest is located in southeastern Livingston County in the northern part ...

, a village *

Forrest City, Arkansas Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Shortly ...

Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois Forrest Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west ...

Forrest County, Mississippi Forrest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,158. Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nat ...

Camp Forrest Camp Forrest, located in a wooded area east of the city of Tullahoma, Tennessee, was one of the U.S. Army's largest training bases during World War II. An active army post between 1941 and 1946, it was named after Civil War cavalry Confederate G ...

, an American World War II training base in Tullahoma, Tennessee

Elsewhere

* Forrest Pass, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica *

Forrest, Manitoba Forrest is a small hamlet situated in the Rural Municipality of Elton, Manitoba, Canada. In the 2001 census the municipality had a population of around 1,337. Forrest is located approximately north of the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highw ...

, Canada, a small town *Forrest Road, a street in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

, Scotland

People and fictional characters

Forrest (surname) Forrest is a surname of English and Scottish origins. This name derives from the Old French "forest" (Latin "foreste(m)", a derivative of "foris" meaning "outside"). The word was introduced by the Normans, and referred to a Royal Forest. Variants in ...

Forrest (given name) Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include: * Forrest (singer) (1953–2013), born Forrest Thomas, American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands * Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008), American magazine editor, writ ...

* Forrest (singer), born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands *Forrest., a former stage name of singer and rapper

Forrest Frank Forrest Frank (born April 8, 1995) is an American Contemporary Christian music, Christian pop singer, songwriter, and producer from Fulshear, Texas, Fulshear, Texas. He is one half of the music duo Surfaces (band), Surfaces and has a successful s ...

Other uses

Forrest City Cemetery Forrest City Cemetery, also known as City Colored Cemetery and Purifoy Cemetery, is a historic Black burial ground in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. It is thought that this burial ground was founded around , by members of the Spring Cree ...

, Forrest City, Arkansas, United States *

Tropical Storm Forrest (disambiguation) The name Forrest has been used for five tropical cyclones worldwide. * Tropical Storm Forrest (1980) (T8005, 06W, Gloring) * Typhoon Forrest (1983) (T8310, 11W, Ising), a deadly and destructive Category 5 super typhoon that hit Japan * Typhoon For ...

, a storm and two typhoons *

Forrest School (disambiguation) Forest school is an outdoor education delivery model in which students visit natural spaces to learn personal, social and technical skills. It has been defined as "an inspirational process that offers children, young people and adults regular o ...

Forrest Elementary School District Forrest School District 81 is a school district in Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County ( ) is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is named after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache who was a key war leader d ...

, Cochise County, Arizona *, a World War II US Navy destroyer * CSS ''Forrest'', a Confederate gunboat in the American Civil War *

Forrest Group The Forrest Group (also Groupe Forrest) is a Belgian mining conglomerate that was founded in 1922. As of 2018, the Forrest Group is active primarily in Central and East Africa. It is owned by George Arthur Forrest, a Belgian entrepreneur of New ...

, a Belgian group of companies * Forrest Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *

Forrest Theatre The Forrest Theatre is a live theatre venue at 1114 Walnut Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has a seating capacity of 1,851 and is managed by The Shubert Organization.