Forrest may refer to:

Places

Australia

Forrest, Australian Capital Territory Forrest ( postcode: 2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Forrest is named after Sir John Forrest, an explorer, legislator, federalist, Premier of Western Australia, and one of the fathers of the Australian ...

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 Forrest was an Electoral districts of Western Australia, electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West (Wes ...

, 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 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 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 Forrest is a village in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,220 at the 2010 census. Geography Forrest is located in southeastern Livingston County at (40.750018, -88.409992). It is in the northern part of Forrest T ...

, a village *

Forrest City, Arkansas Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, and the county seat. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a railroad between Memphis and Lit ...

* Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois *

Forrest County, Mississippi Forrest County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,934. Its county seat and largest city is Hattiesburg. The county was created from Perry County in 1908 and named in honor of Nathan Bedfor ...

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. It was an active army post between 1941 and 1946. History The camp, named after Civil War cav ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has a seating capacity of 1,851 and is managed by The Shubert Organization.