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Forestcommunity in central Craven County.
Forest Citytown in S central Rutherford County. Alt. 869. Inc. 1877 as Burnt Chimney; name changed to Forest City in 1887 in honor of Forest Davis, lumber merchant.
Forest Grovecommunity in N Watauga County on Forest Grove Creek.
Forest Grove Creekrises in N Watauga County and flows SW into Beaverdam Creek.
Forest Hillformer town in central Cabarrus County. Inc. 1887 but now a part of the city of Concord. Began as a mill settlement in the 1850s and named McDonalds Mill. Later known as Odell Mill and Locke Mills; now the site of Randolph Mill.
Forestvillecommunity in NE Wake County S of the town of Wake Forest. Inc. 1879; charter repealed 1915.
Forgecommunity in E Surry County served by post office, 1888-1903.
Forge Knobon the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Rich Gap and Buck Gap.
Forge MountainNW Henderson County between South Fork Mills River and Boylston Creek in Pisgah National Forest. Alt. 3,280. Granted to Philip Sitton about 1806 as a "forge bounty" where he manufactured iron for many years. Adjoining it was the Gillespie gun works, where long guns were fashioned from Sitton's iron.
Forktown in SE Davie County. Inc. 1895 as Fork Church, but long inactive in municipal affairs. Developed around Fork Baptist Church, organized 1793. Alt. 824.