Forreston,_Mississippi Knowpia

Forreston, Mississippi
Forreston, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
	Forreston Location within the state of Mississippi Forreston Forreston (the United States)
	Coordinates: 33°20′14″N 88°18′49″W / 33.33722°N 88.31361°W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lowndes
Elevation	151 ft (46 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	670107

Forreston is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

Forreston is located southeast of Columbus near the Alabama state line.^[1] Forreston is located on the BNSF Railway.^[2] The community was likely named after a local plantation.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forreston
^ Howe, Tony. "Forreston, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
^ Wyatt, Rufus Riley (1939). The Autobiography of a Little Man. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan. p. 148.

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forreston

[2] Howe, Tony. "Forreston, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

[3] Wyatt, Rufus Riley (1939). The Autobiography of a Little Man. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan. p. 148.

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Forreston, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Forreston Location within the state of Mississippi Show map of Mississippi Forreston Forreston (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 33°20′14″N 88°18′49″W / 33.33722°N 88.31361°W / 33.33722; -88.31361
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Lowndes
Elevation	151 ft (46 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	670107^[1]

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