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(Redirected from Paul Spur, Arizona) Populated place in Arizona, United States
Forrest, Arizona
Populated place
Paul Lime Plant in 1972Paul Lime Plant in 1972
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Coordinates: 31°22′00″N 109°43′39″W / 31.36667°N 109.72750°W / 31.36667; -109.72750
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCochise
Elevation4,196 ft (1,279 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code520
FIPS code04-24180
GNIS feature ID24420

Forrest was a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

History

Forrest was on the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad and was named for a local old resident and rancher.

The Paul Lime Plant began operating nearby in 1918 and the railway spur to there was renamed Paul's Spur. By the 1940s it was the largest lime producer in Southern Arizona.

Forrest had a post office that opened on May 8, 1914. Forrest School was twice destroyed by fire, once in 1915 and again in 1929 when it was replaced by a larger brick building. At one time up to 200 families lived nearby working in the lime plant. However following mechanisation the population dropped and the school closed in 1963. Forrest School District continued in existence organising transport to schools in Douglas.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forrest, Arizona
  2. "Forrest (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  3. ^ Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780816534951. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Wilson, Eldred Dewey; Galbraith, Frederic Williams (1944), Arizona Nonmetallics: A Summary of Past Production and Present Operations, University of Arizona, pp. 24–40
  5. ^ Ellioit, Ruth D. (1974). "Forrest School" (PDF). The Chohise Quarterly. 4 (2&3). Cochise County Historical and Archaeological Society: 29–30.
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