Forrest was a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.[2]
Forrest, Arizona | |
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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 / 31.36667°N 109.72750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Elevation | 4,196 ft (1,279 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-24180 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24420[1] |
History
editForrest 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
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forrest, Arizona
- ^ "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.