Forreston is an unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas, United States. It lies on U.S. Route 77, 8 miles south of the county seat of Waxahachie. Its population was estimated to be 238 in 2008, but it is not listed in the 2010 census.

Italy

Village

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Italy is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,926 in 2020. The community was named after Italy by a settler who had visited the European country. Italy is situated 5 miles south of Forreston.

Avalon

Village

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Avalon is an unincorporated community in southern Ellis County, Texas, United States. Avalon is situated 6 miles southeast of Forreston.

Forreston

Type: Hamlet with 200 residents
Category: locality
Location: Ellis, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.25554° or 32° 15′ 20″ north

Longitude

-96.86616° or 96° 51′ 58″ west

Population

200

Open location code

8645744M+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 849799912

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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