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Forreston, Texas

Field	Value
name	Forreston, Texas
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	First Baptist Church, Forreston, TX IMG_6767.JPG
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Forreston Baptist Church (established 1891)
pushpin_map	Texas#USA
pushpin_label	Forreston
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Texas
map_caption	Location within Ellis county
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Texas
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Ellis
leader_title
unit_pref	Imperial
population_as_of	2008 est.
population_total	238
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	541
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP codes
postal_code	76041
area_code	972
blank_name	FIPS code
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1336043

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.

History

Forreston Cemetery is located south of the community.

The roots of Forreston date to 1843, when the area was known as Howe's Settlement, named for an early settler in the region. In the middle to late 1840s, the community was renamed Chambers Creek. It received its first post office in 1846. It was the original county seat of Navarro County until 1850, when the organization of Ellis County placed the town within the new county.

From the early 1850s to the late 1880s, Chambers Creek remained a small farming community, providing a school and a church for local residents and farmers. In 1890, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (KATY) was built through the area, and businesses began to spring up along the tracks. The community was renamed Forreston, after Carr Forrest, a local landowner who was the first postmaster and who donated the land on which the new rail depot was built. By the 1940s, Forreston had three cotton gins, several businesses and a population of 350. Throughout the 20th century, the town remained a shipping point for local farming and commerce.

The population declined and, by 2000, it had only some 200 residents.

Forreston was featured in the March 1999 issue of Texas Monthly in the article entitled "The Best of Small-Town Texas". In August 2007, Forreston was featured in "Shop Vintage with Ken Weber" in the publication, D Magazine. The spread was encouraged by Bon Ton Vintage, a shop founded in 1984 by the retired jazz musicians Barbra and John Kauffman, which claims to have the "largest collection of vintage clothing in Texas".

Education

Forreston is served by the Waxahachie Independent School District.

Notable person

Denver Pyle, a supporting actor in many roles, including CBS's The Doris Day Show and The Dukes of Hazzard, is interred in an unmarked grave at Forreston Cemetery.

References

{{GNIS. 1336043
"2010 Census: Population of Texas Cities Arranged in Alphabetical Order".
Association, Texas State Historical. "History of Forreston, Texas: The Oldest Settlement in Ellis County".
Oliver, By Larry. (August 29, 2012). "Bon Ton Vintage: Everything You Never Knew You Needed".
(June 6, 2016). "Vintage Fashion: Where to Shop in DFW for Every Decade".
"Forreston Cemetery".

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