Forreston
Forreston is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Forreston is located southeast of Columbus near the Alabama state line. Forreston is located on the BNSF Railway. The community was likely named after a local plantation.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Mississippi, United States of America
- Also known as: “Forreston (MS)”, “Forreston, Mississippi”, and “Forreston, MS”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macedonia.
Macedonia
Village
Macedonia is a census-designated place and former town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. Macedonia is situated 6 miles northeast of Forreston.
Forreston
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Lowndes, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.33734° or 33° 20′ 14″ north
Longitude
-88.31365° or 88° 18′ 49″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
865H8MPP+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Forreston” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福里斯頓”
- French: “Forreston”
- Irish: “Forreston”
- Volapük: “Forreston”
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