Forrest may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Forrest, Australian Capital Territory * Forrest, Victoria, 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, a small settlement and railway station ** Forrest Airport * Forrest River, Western Australia * Forrest Highway, Western Australia

United States

* Forrest, Illinois, a village * Forrest City, Arkansas *

Forrest Township, Livingston County, Illinois Forrest Township is located in Livingston County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,605 and it contained 627 housing units. Forrest Township formed from a portion of Chatsworth Township Chatsworth is a township municipali ...

* Forrest County, Mississippi * Camp Forrest, 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 Hig ...

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

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 For ...

, 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 ...

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 the Native American chief Cochise. The population was 125,4 ...

, 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 o ...