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Forest is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington.[1] It is located on Jackson Highway, between the Port of Chehalis and Washington State Route 508. The area is also called "Newaukum Prairie".[1][2]

Forest, Washington
Unincorporated community
Forest Show map of Washington (state) Forest Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 46°35′56″N 122°51′28″W
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Lewis
Elevation	[1]305 ft (93 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
zip code	98532
Area code(s)	360

History

Forest was laid out in the 1890s.[1] A post office was established and named in 1896 by the first postmaster, Amanda Monroe,[lower-alpha 1] and was moved in 1897, remaining in operation until 1934.[2][3][4]

Government and politics

Politics

Forest is recognized as being majority Republican and conservative.

The results for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election for the Forest voting district were as follows:[5]

Donald J. Trump (Republican) - 530 (75.18%)
Joe Biden (Democrat) - 160 (22.70%)
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 7 (0.99%)
Other candidates - 4 (0.57%)
Write-in candidate - 4 (0.57%)

Notes

Records also list a W.R. Monroe

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest, Washington
Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 88.
"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
"Lewis County - Forest". jtenlen.drizzlehosting.com/walewis/townsal.html. Lewis Co. WA GenWeb Project.
"Lewis County 2020 Election". Results.Vote.WA. Results.Vote.WA. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lewis County, Washington, United States
County seat: Chehalis
Cities	Centralia Chehalis Morton Mossyrock Napavine Toledo Vader Winlock	Map of Washington highlighting Lewis County
Town	Pe Ell
CDPs	Fords Prairie Mineral Onalaska Packwood
Other communities	Adna Alpha Boistfort Ceres Cinebar Cora Curtis Doty Dryad Ethel Evaline Forest Galvin Glenoma Littell Mary's Corner Mayfield McCormick Meskill Randle Saint Urban Salkum Silver Creek Swofford Wildwood Wilson Winston
Ghost towns	Lindberg Mendota Walville
Flooded towns	Kosmos Nesika Riffe
Indian reservation	Yakama Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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