Forest
Forest is a census-designated place in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 11,700 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Bedford County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Forest, VA” and “Forest, Virginia”
- Postal code: 24551
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Timberlake and Bellevue.
Timberlake
Town
Timberlake is a census-designated place in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,267 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Timberlake is situated 3½ miles southeast of Forest.
Bellevue
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Bellevue is a historic home located near Goode, Bedford County, Virginia. The main house was built in three phases between about 1824 and 1870. It is a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling in the Federal style. Bellevue is situated 4½ miles west of Forest.
Perrowville
Hamlet
Perrowville is an unincorporated community in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. Perrowville is located on State Route 644, 11.5 miles west of Lynchburg. Perrowville is situated 5 miles northwest of Forest.
Forest
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Bedford, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.36377° or 37° 21′ 50″ northLongitude
-79.29012° or 79° 17′ 24″ westPopulation
11,700Elevation
883 feet (269 metres)United Nations Location Code
US FS4Open location code
87929P75+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 158587186OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورست”
- Basque: “Forest”
- Catalan: “Forest”
- Cebuano: “Forest”
- Chechen: “Форест”
- Chinese: “Forest”
- Dutch: “Forest”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورست”
- French: “Forest”
- German: “Forest”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرست”
- Irish: “Forest”
- Italian: “Forest”
- Ladin: “Forest”
- Malagasy: “Forest, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Forest”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Forest”
- Persian: “فورست، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “فورست”
- Polish: “Forest”
- Portuguese: “Forest”
- Serbian: “Форест”
- Serbian: “Форист”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forest”
- South Azerbaijani: “فورست، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Forest”
- Swedish: “Forest, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Forest”
- Tatar: “Форест”
- Ukrainian: “Форест”
- Uzbek: “Forest”
- Uzbek: “Форест”
- Volapük: “Forest”
- Welsh: “Forest, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Forest”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Backyard and Forest United Methodist Church.
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