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Forest is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Bedford County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,709 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, United States, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third U.S. president.Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and working on his retreat home in 1806.
The Arlington Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia.It contains 810 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in a subdivision in South Arlington and two sites in North Arlington.
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They are managed by the Virginia Department of Forestry. [1] The system was created to manage and maintain forests for wildlife, timber production, recreation, water quality, and aesthetics. The system receives no taxpayer funds, and is self-supported by the sale of forest products. [2] Most Virginia state forests are accessible to the public.
The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel. The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine.
The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) was established in 1914 to prevent and suppress forest fires and reforest bare lands. Since its inception, the agency has grown and evolved to encompass other protection and management duties: Protecting Virginia's Forests from Wildfire; Managing the Forest Resource; Protecting Virginia's Waters
It is a misconception that Sherwood Forest is the only private residence in the United States to have been owned by two unrelated U.S. presidents. William Henry Harrison owned a plot of land called "Brown's Quarter" in the same county, and another (different) Brown's Quarter existed within the acreage that came to make up the land that Tyler later purchased.