Forrest may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Forrest, Australian Capital Territory *

Forrest, Victoria Forrest is a small rural township in the Otway Ranges, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Forrest and the surrounding area had a population of 230. History The History of Forrest started more than 40,000 years ago. Forrest is at the nor ...

, a small rural township *

Division of Forrest The Division of Forrest is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the ...

, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia * Electoral district of Forrest, 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 cadastral (land title) purposes, most of which have been in place since the 19th century. The state is divided up for this purpose ...

, Western Australia, a cadastral division *

Forrest, Western Australia Forrest is a former small railway settlement and stopping place on the Nullarbor Plain, west of the Western Australia / South Australia state border. It was established in 1916 during construction of the Trans-Australian Railway. The 2016 ce ...

, a small settlement and railway station **

Forrest Airport Forrest Airport is an airport located in the hamlet of Forrest, Western Australia. The airport is clearly visible from the ''Indian Pacific'' train, which services the Trans-Australian Railway. History The airport was built by the Department ...

* Forrest River, Western Australia *

Forrest Highway Forrest Highway is a highway in Western Australia's Peel and South West regions, extending Perth's Kwinana Freeway from east of Mandurah down to Bunbury. Old Coast Road was the original Mandurah–Bunbury route, dating back to the 1840s. ...

, Western Australia

United States

* Forrest, Illinois, a village * Forrest City, Arkansas * Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois * Forrest County, Mississippi * Camp Forrest, an American World War II training base in Tullahoma, Tennessee

Elsewhere

Forrest Pass Forrest Pass () is a broad ice-filled pass between Mount Bursey, in the Flood Range, and the southern elevations of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air ...

, 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 Highwa ...

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

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

, 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, writer, ...

Forrest (singer) Forrest Melvill Thomas Jr. (April 21, 1953 – September 9, 2013), known professionally as Forrest, was an American singer, based in the Netherlands. Life and career Born in Galveston, Texas, where he sang in church during childhood, he moved ...

, born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands

Other uses

Apache Forrest Apache Forrest is a web-publishing framework based on Apache Cocoon. It is an XML single source publishing framework that allows multiple types of data-files as input, such as various popular word processing and spreadsheet files, as well as two wi ...

, a web-publishing framework *

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 Forres ...

, a storm and two typhoons *

Forrest School (disambiguation) Forest School or Forrest School may refer to: Educational philosophy * Forest school (learning style), a learner centred outdoor learning approach. Religious philosophy * Thai Forest Tradition, a Theravada school of Buddhism in Thailand. * Sri La ...

Forrest Elementary School District Forrest School District 81 is a school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public sch ...

, 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 group of companies founded around the mining industry 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 ...